Middle English Dictionary Entry
orval(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | orval(e n. Also orivale. |
| Etymology | OF orvale |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Orpine (Sedum telephium); (b) ?bugle (Ajuga reptans); ?oxeye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum); (c) ?clary (Salvia sclarea).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)139/22 : Crassula maior is an herbe þat men clepe or-pyn or oruale; þis herbe haȝt lewys to penywort and it beryth floures in þe crop.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)67/13 : For to make tret: Take virgine wex and schepes taluȝ, plantayne, rewe, fenel, merche, and oryuale.
b
- ?a1300 Wor.F.157.Gloss.(Wor F.157)184 : Consolida mediana: oruale.
c
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)17/21 : Aurinaleucia: orual, stedfast secundum quendam laicum.