Middle English Dictionary Entry
palmer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | palmer n. |
| Etymology | AF palmer, palmier; cp. CF paumier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A palm tree.
Associated quotations
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)53 : Biux, paulmer, & arrable..Box, palmer [vr. palm tre], & mapyl.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)711/17 : Cucumur: a palmernutte.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450(1438) GLeg.Hermit Paul (GiL14) (Eg 876) 88/30 : He mette a beeste that bere the fruit of palmers.
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