Middle English Dictionary Entry
nucha n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nucha n. Also nuche, nuka, nuke, nuca, (Latinate) nucham & (error) mucha. |
| Etymology | ML, from Ar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The spinal cord; ~ of the nekke, the cervical portion of the spinal cord.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)24/16,18 : A corde..comeþ from þe brayne, eiþer from þe mucha [read: nucha; vr. nuca; L nucha], þat is, þe marie of þe rigge boones..ffrom þe nucha þer comen xxx peire cordis & oon bi him silf, & þei ben mouable.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)152/6 : If þat nucha, þat is, mary of þe necke boon, is not kutt al atwo but is hurt, it is perile of lesynge felynge & meuynge.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)166/30 : Eueri boon of þe rigge is an hole þoruȝ, & þoruȝ þe ilke hoolis nucha goiþ endelong þe rigge.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)9a/a : Þe neruez which bene sent fro þe nucha [Ch.(2): nuke; L nucha] of þe nek vn to þe armez takeþ þe fourme of a muscle in þe nek & in þe brest.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)11a/b : At þe last þu shale biholde how nucha [Ch.(2): nuka; L nucha] or þe merowȝ of þe backe springeþ..of þe hynder partie of þe brayn, & noȝt naked bot inuolued in 2 panniclez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)13a/a : And so in somme þer be seid 30 spondilez, And so bi euery spondile passeþ a pair of nerues springing of nucha.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)58a/b : First is..administracioun of al þe studie to þe hynder partie of þe heued & nucham [Ch.(2): nuke], for þe nocument after þe most springeþ of þo placez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)45b/a : Þe nucha is liche to þe braine & semeþ as it were party þeroff, and þerfore his tokens oþer his accidentens when he is greuid ben riȝt as þei were of þe brayne.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)120a/b : Þe woundes of þe schulder ben dredefulle be cause of þe affinite þat he haþe with þe nucha & wiþ þe grete synewes þe whiche cumme fro þe braines.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)47/33 : The bak is..a talwy or a fleschy place byhynde..ordeyned of manye and dyuerse linkes yche after oþer to defende þe nuke.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)65/6 : 5 paire of synowes descenden fro þe nuke, i. þe marye of the rygge bone, to al þe wombe.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)257/2 : If a synowe or a corde be kytte in þe nekke..if þe wounde come so depe til þat þe nuke goo oute, it is schewed dedely and incurable.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)19b/a : In þe innemeste side of þe neþemeste part of þis boon..is a large hoole..Out of which hole goiþ out Nucha from þe brayn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.32rb (2.3) : 'Nuca,' þe nuk, is þe marowe of þe rigebon & it bygynneþ in þe hynder party of þe cerebre byhynde, & lasteþ doun to þe laste ende of þe bak, lyand alonge in þe bak, white os mylk and wapped in 2 þenne skynnes.
Note: Additional quot. New spelling: nuk.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. nucha.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. nuche.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. nuke.