Middle English Dictionary Entry
pō-hen n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pō-hen n. Also -henne, pehen(ne. |
| Etymology | From pō n. & hen n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The female peafowl; ~ ei, the egg of a peahen; (b) as name of a tavern or brewery, where beer is sold.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)782 : Sigoyne, pown, et powe: Storke, pecok, and pohenne.
- (1381) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.4 : John Remmesbury..hath deliuered to william Hunte..iii paukockes and pohennes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)150a/b : Þe pohenne sittiþ a brode xxx dayes & a litil more.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)324b/b : Pohenne eiren beþ grete wiþ harde schellis.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.240 : Þe pekok & þe pohenne [vr. Pehen] proude, riche men þei bitokneth.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)15.175 : Porsewe a pocok oþer a pohen to cacche.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)390 : Pe-henne: Pavona.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.631 : The pohen ek excusid, if me sette Another hen or [read: her] eyron forth to brynge, Wol legge in on yeer thries dew as dette.
- a1525(?1460) Cov.Leet Bk.308 : ij Tenches, vj capons, a peacok & a pehenne.
b
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.183/1325 : Simon petefyn, atte pohenne yn Bisshoppesgatestrete, hath j kilderkyn nought morken.