Middle English Dictionary Entry
papāver n.
Entry Info
| Forms | papāver n. Also papavard & (pl., error) papewyse. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A member of the poppy family; esp. the opium poppy Papaver somniferum; (b) an embroidered (?a painted) poppy.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)47b/a : Papauer: a chesselbolle.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.113va : Qwan þou redest 'papauer' alone, it is qwit pope.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)123b/b : Thynges blacking heres..þat blacke þat is in þe middes of papauer rubeum [Ch.(2): popye; L papaueris] mixte with oleo mirtino.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)178b/b : Papauer is an herbe..wiþ a familier stupefaccioun.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)626/27 : Papauer, chesbolle, is an herbe, colde and drye in þe secounde degree, wiþ a softe slepynge.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)191/25 : Papauard is an herbe þat men clepe wylde popy; þis herbe haȝt lewys lyk popy, but þe lef of þis herbe is more quyt, and it haȝt a quyt flour..ȝef a man hawe ony peyne aboutyn his eyne, or ȝef a man hawe a mygreyn..tak þe seed of þis herbe and stamp it smal and alay it with qwat lycour þat þou wylt and ȝewe it hym to drynke..þere ben thre specis of þis herbe; on beryȝt a quyt flour..anoþer beryth a red flour; þe thrydde beryth a pale flour sumdel round with-inne, and þat is clepyd þe wyld rede popy.
b
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6082 : A sadde grene Couerlet wyth yolowe papewyse & butterflees.