Middle English Dictionary Entry
podagra n.
Entry Info
| Forms | podagra n. Also podegra, potagra. |
| Etymology | L, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gout in the foot, podagra; ~ in the fet.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)51b/a : Þe passioun þat hatte potagra [L podagra] in þe feet hatte sirogra in þe hondes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)96b/a : Ache and euel..in þe toone..hatte podagra.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)97a/a : Podagra is a sore euel in þe feet, and namliche in þe vrestis and soles..And comeþ of euel humours þat falleþ doun to þe wrest of þe foot.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)25/18 : Mysgrowen veynes of podagra schal be seid in sexto.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)99/16 : He felle in þat seknesse whech þei clepe podagra, whech is a seknesse..of hem þat haue led her lyf in grete delicacye, and it causeth swech peyne in þe feet þat it priuyth a man of his walkyng.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)40 : Asa..in his age had sore feet, whech passioune our bokys sey it was podegra, and that seknes thei sey cometh of grete plente of mete and mech rest.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. podagra.