Middle English Dictionary Entry
avence n.
Entry Info
| Forms | avence n. Also ava(u)nce. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A plant of the genus Geum; prob., the wood avens Geum urbanum; (b) med.; (c) cook.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 76)20 : Leporis pes: auence.
- ?a1300 Wor.F.157.Gloss.(Wor F.157)185 : Pes leporinus: auence.
- a1325 Erf.Gloss.(Erf Amplon Q.351)159 : Sanamunde i. awence.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)17 : Avencia, pes leporis, gariofilata, sanamunda, zimis idem..angl. auense.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)1b : Sana munda. Avance is an herbe that some men calliþ harefote; he beriþ a yelowe floure, and sede of him will cleue in one is cloþes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)17 : Avence, herbe: Avancia, sanamunda.
- a1500 Sln.Herb List (Sln 1201)74 : Herbys necessary for a gardyn..Avence.
b
- a1400 Recipe MS Hal.in Rel.Ant.1 (Hal 335)53 : For the rancle and bolning:..tak avaunce, matfelon, yarow..and temper tham with stale ale, and drynk hit morn and at even..for the goute: tak bugle, senygle, avance, violete.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)30/22 : Ane Emplastre: Recipe þe Iuyse of smalache..Mugworte, auance.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)21/24 : Tak rosemaryn, lauandre..rede fenkell & auance.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)33/1 : Auance sede.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)72/9 : Auances, cropp of þe rede brere.
- ?a1450 Wel.542 Recipes (Wel 542)311 : For to make drynke of anteoche. Tak..fyue handful of auence croppes and rote, & fyue handful of erbe Water.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)236/9 : Yche daye drynke wormot fastyng and auaunce.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)146/437 : Auence leues serue more for medecyns then the rote; hys vertu is to dissolue and consume and to opyne.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)35/19-20 : Watir of auence.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)126/23 : Þe rote and þe lef of auence.
c
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.13 : Take Borage, cool, langdebef..persel, betes, orage, auance, violet, saworay, and fenkel..cast hem in gode broth and seeþ hem and sue hem forth.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)426 : Arage and avence, and vyolet.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)5 : Bete, Auence, Longebeff.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)42 : Fyrst what herbz..Ben gode to potage I wolle ȝow lere..þe crop of þo rede brere, Rede nettel crop, and avans.
- a1500(?a1450) Treat.Garden.(Trin-C O.9.38)162 : Herbys to make bothe sawce & sewe..Letows, calamynte, auans, & borage.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)93/124 : And aftur take 3 plantes of auence..& grynde hem al to-geder .
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)93/129 : And þen..make a plaster of auence & of þe rote of radische.
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