Middle English Dictionary Entry
peusadanum n.
Entry Info
| Forms | peusadanum n. Also peusedan, peusadan, peucedan. |
| Etymology | CL peucedanum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Stub entry.
1.
Hog's fennel Peucedanum officinale.
Associated quotations
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.28v : Aneta agrestris; Fenellus..caninus, peusedanus or -na, stancus or -ca, sister or sistrus or -tra, meu, ypomaratrus, malixia, malixiatrus or -tra, dyuretica: The erbe Y knowe wel, saue vulgal knowe Y non þerto, but feynyd of þe Latyn, as 'wilde anet,' 'hunde fenel,' and so of 'peusedan.'
- a1484 Diseases Women (2) (Trin-C R.14.52)504/598 : A goode fumygacioun to waken hir in þe tyme of hir acces: take a peusadanum ʒ 7, of galbanum ʒ 12, of cost also moche, of pepir 11 graynes, and a litel bawme tho that may be made into powder.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Cf. DMLBS peucedanum [CL out of Greek peukedanon] 'hog's fennel, sulphurwort (Peucedanum officinale)'. OED records related peucedaneous, adj. and peucedanin, n.
Note: Found elsewhere (passages not yet identified) in Henry Daniel's Herbal (Arun 42) as peusedan or peusadan, alongside several examples of the Latin or Latinate forms peusedani, peusedanus (or -na). The Add MS of the Herbal includes the Anglicized peucedan once, alongside Latin peucedanus (4x) and peusedanus (2x).