Middle English Dictionary Entry
pī̆n-appel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pī̆n-appel n. |
| Etymology | From pī̆n(e n.(2) & appel n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A pine cone; ~ kirnel (sed), pine nut; (b) a representation of a pine cone; (c) a pine tree; coll. pine trees; ~ tre; (d) translating L malum punicum, a pomegranate.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)132a/a : Leye..meueþ kyndely vpward and strecchiþ fro euery partye of þe þynge þat is tende and comeþ by lynes in to a scharpe schap..and is Ischapen in þe ende as a pyne appil.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)241a/a : Pynea, þe pynappel, is þe fruyt of þe pyne tree..and..The pyneappel is most grete notte and conteyneþ in it self in stede of fruyt many curnelles.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)241a/b : Whanne þe pyne apul curnell schal be vsed it nedeth to hete esiliche al þe pyne apul vpon coles.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)180/13 : Make aischis of pyne applis; whanne þe kirnels ben taken out þerof..medle hem alle togidere.
- ?a1400 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Rwl C.750)p.153 : [Hrl 874: Þe sellers of þe erþe shullen wepen..for þere nys no Man to byggen her marchaundise..] canel or amonye &..pynapplis.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)101b/b : And naturel coler makeþ a verreie herisipila, & þis is þe token of him: hardenesse be cause of drienesse of coler & of þe schappe of a pine appel in þe superficie of þe member.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)54/32 : The schappe, forsoþe, of þe herte is in þe manere of a pyne appel iturned wiþynne.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.686 : Pistacia is graffed now to growe In cold lond, and pynappul seed [L pini semen] is sow.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)25b/a : The cristallyn humour..is of sumen cold and haþ in his hyndermoste partie a scharp figure as it were a pyne appil.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)279 : A Pynappylle: pinum [?read: pineum].
b
- (1448) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1215 : Also ij clothes of gold, the grund of Rede Baudkyn wt pyneapplys of gold.
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.3 (Hrl 2169)189 : [Six pieces and] goulys [with three] pyneapplys [of] gold [in the gules].
c
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)82 : Þe Briddes in Blossoms, þei beeren wel loude On olyues and amylliers and al kynde of trees..On peren and pynappel [vrr. pynapples, pyoune appilles] þei ioyken in pees.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)212b/a : Þe tree moot nedes strechche and sprede, as it fareþ in pinappil and in palme.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)240b/b : The pynappil tree [L Pinus] hatte boþe Pynus and picea.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)240b/b : For þe pynappil tree is strong, ofte þerof beþ mastes ymade for schippes.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)626 : Þare stode a faire pine-appel tre, With faire bowes and leues klene.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)170a/a : Þes ben simpel medicines: þe barke off þe pine appel tre, þe barke of ffraunke encence, [etc.].
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)170b/a : Take..þe barke of þe pine appel drosse of lede, mirre, galles ana.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.1049 : Now, for pynapultre The cold or wettish lond most sowen be.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)168/514 : For to clence the eyȝen off eny filth: take the gume that commyth oute of pynapill tre, draw itt by thyn eyȝen, [etc.].
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2623 : He that shippis is to make, Se that his stuffe ne be nat vicious..Fir and cipresse and the pynappul tre Therfore is good.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)95b : A Pyne Appyltre: pinus, pinum; fructus eius.
d
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ex.28.33-4 : Bynethe, at the feet of the same coote, bi cumpas, thou schalt make as piyn applis [WB(1): powm garnettis; L mala punica], of iacynt and purpur, of reed selk twies died and of biis foldid aȝen; while smale bellis ben medlid in the myddis, so that a litil belle of gold be and a piyn appil, and eft another litel belle of gold and a pyn appil.