Middle English Dictionary Entry
perche n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | perche n.(1) Pl. perche(s. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A small freshwater fish, the European perch Perca fluviatilis.
Associated quotations
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.115 : For to make Blomanger of Fysch..nym the Perche or the Lopuster and boyle yt and kest sugur and salt also thereto.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.423 : In þe oþer [pond] is perche and trouȝtis, Euery fysshe one eyed is.
- (1390) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.570 : Depredaverunt pisces rescentes, videlicet, perches, roches, et pikerelles.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52251/30 : Item, pro anguillis emptis ibidem, pikes, creves, perches, et aliis piscibus, vj franks.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5437 : Fleiȝeyng foules blake..houeden..ouere þe lake, And of perches and of savmouns Token.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)642/18 : Perca: perche.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)393 : Perche, fysche: Percha.
- (c1447) Let.Midylton in Lin.NQ 16200 : I wolde have..the dam there be storyd with ffysch..perchys at the leste ijc.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)102 : Perche boiled: Take a perche, and drawe him in þe throte.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)1851 : The ffyssh litel and of sotyl skyn, Norysshed in watir swet and rennyng I mene as perche with the sharp ffyn, be moost holsom.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)155/6,11 : Ye schall angle..ffor the perche, the flounder, þe breme with a lyne of iiij herys..ffor þe gret Trowt, þe grelyng, & þe perche with a lyne of xij herys.
- (1452) Will York in Sur.Soc.45143 : Pro tenches et perches..v s. ix d.
- a1475 Herkyn to my tale (Brog 2.1)p.85 : For ther was..The pekerel and the perche, the mennous and the roche.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)575 : Perche, rooche..Codde, haddok, by þe bak splat þem in þe dische liynge; pike owt þe boonus, clense þe refett in þe bely bydynge.
- a1475 Terms Assoc.(1) (Brog 2.1)61 : A perche and a roche ischallyd.
- Gloss RSS in Sln.1986 (Sln 1986)56 : Perche [glossing:] perca.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)94a : A Perche: quidam piscis, hic percheus.
- a1500 PFulham (Jas 43)76 : Men on deyntes so hem delyte, To fede hem vpon the fysches lyte, As flowndres, perches.