Middle English Dictionary Entry
persh(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | persh(e n. Also perse, perish, parish & (in place names) perc-, parsh-. |
| Etymology | OE persc in Persc-ōra, Birch Cart.Sax. 3.585; also cp. MnE dial. persh. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Twigs or branches of willow; also, one such twig, a withe, an osier; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.62].
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)252b/a : Persche hatte vimen, -nis, and is a neisshe ȝerde, and haþ name vimen ffor it haþ moche vertu of grenes, ffor þe kynde þer of is such þat, if it is y-dryed and leyde in water, it wexeþ ofte grene and plyaunt..Of persche [L viminibus] beþ nedeful bendes and knyttels made to bynde vp vynes and hopes for tunnes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)330b/b : Cista is a litil hucche, and of þat name comeþ a dymynntyf cistella and haþ þe names of ryndes oþer splyntres of canes oþer of parisch [Mrg: perisch] of þe whiche it is y-woue.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)331a/a : Fiscella is a litel..panyer y-weue wiþ smale ȝerdes of wiþye oþer of persche.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)331a/b : Canistrum is a basket or a frayel y-made of white persch ouþer of reed.
b
- (a1400) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)217 : Perschora.
- (1456) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)217 : Percior.
- (1464) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)217 : Parshior, Parshore.