Middle English Dictionary Entry
oranǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | oranǧe n. Also orenge, oronge, oringe & (?L) aranȝa. |
| Etymology | From OF pome dorange & ML pomum de orenge. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An orange; (b) an orange tree; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52225/6 : Pro pomis d'orrange..xvij s. ]
- [ a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)15 : Arange: citromilum. ]
- [ a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)40 : Araunge. ]
- [ c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)86a/a : Pomi citrini, i. pome dorenge. ]
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)15 : Citrangulum pomum: orenge.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1044 : Þay borgounez and beres..orenge and oþer fryt.
- (1420-21) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.506 : Pro iiiic orenges pr. iii s. iiii d.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)647 : Masuclum: orange.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)27a/a : Pomegranates, orenges [L arancie], Lymonez, & al acetous ar for hym.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)158/8 : Take of þe sede of junypre..of þe seed of orenges [L citri].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)519/28 : Many men putte þerto in somer þe iuse of lymons or of orenges.
- ?1435(1432) Lydg.Hen.VI Entry (Jul B.2)352 : Ther were eke treen..ffulle off ffruytes..Orenges, almondis, and the pome-gernade.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.6568 : Ther slak skyn be craft abrod is streynyd, Lik an orenge fro the galei brouht.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)371 : Oronge, fruete: Pomum citrinum, citrum.
- a1450 3 KCol.(1) (Roy 18.A.10)143/32 : Euery man goiþ hom aȝene, pleiynge with applis in þe weye, þe which be cleped aranȝa.
- (1470) Paston (EETS)1.554 : Dame Elyzabet Calthorp is a fayir lady and longyth for orangys, thow she be not wyth chyld.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)171/5 : Take it off and lete it kele..And put þer-to of ambre oryental..or thre orengis.
- a1500 Hisp.SSecr.(Rwl C.83)7/29 : Þu hast nede..in fruitis to vse such þat be sumwhat egre, as orangis.
- a1525(?1457) Cov.Leet Bk.300 : The Meyre..send vnto her..a grete panyer full of Pescodes and another panyer full of pipyns and Orynges.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)185 : Orengys..apples of grete apryce, Pungarnetys and many other spycys..I haue.
b
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)29 : In this gardyn..were..Datrees, gernadez, euer blowyng orengys.
- c1450 Palladius (BodAdd A.369)4.414 : In Marche orenge [vr. citurtre; L citri arbor] is sette in sondry wyse.
c
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1077 : Sibel Orenge.
- (1296-7) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.66127 : Ricardo Orenge.
- (1310) Sub.R.Bdf.in Suf.GB 184 : Galfridus Orenge.