Middle English Dictionary Entry
avellāne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | avellāne n. |
| Etymology | L (nux) Avellāna (named for a town in Campania). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The European hazelnut, the filbert; note ~.
Associated quotations
- [ (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)236b/a : Avellana is a feld note and a wode note..for wiþoute gardyneres crafte he groweþ on haseles, þat beþ trees þat growen in groues. ]
- [ a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)32 : Nux pontica: avellana idem. ]
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)557 : Auellane, i. petite noiz, i. litel nute.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)101b/b : Grete note & auellanes..consumeþ & wastiþ venyme.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)196b/b : Adamans is a litil stoon of ynde and..passeþ neuere þe quantite of a note Auelane.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)75/7 : I ne apreue nouȝt..vaperous fruyt, as notis, eiþir walnotes, eiþer avellanes [Add: Avelanes].