Middle English Dictionary Entry
pensẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pensẹ̄ n. Also panci. |
| Etymology | OF pensé, pansi 'thought, remembrance' & late OF pensee, pencee 'pansy'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A pansy Viola tricolor hortensis; also, an embroidered representation of a pansy.
Associated quotations
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)168/5020 : The lynyng of hit was with nedille wrought..With litille, litille flowris soft, The soven and the daisy, But most of pancy.
- 1532-1897(a1475) Ass.Ladies (Skeat)62 : Margarettes growing in ordinaunce..were acompanyed with mo Ne-m'oubliemies and sovenez also; The povre pensees were not disloged there; No, no, got wot, her place was every-where.