Middle English Dictionary Entry
pō̆me-garnet(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pō̆me-garnet(e n. Also -garnat, -garned, -garnade, -garnard, -gernade, -gernat, -granat(e, -granarde, pommegarnat & pomgarnet, -garnat(e, -garnad, -gernad & poumegarnet(e, -garnate, poummegarnade, poumbegarnet & poumgarnet, -grene, pumgarnade, -garnarde, -granat(e, pummegarnet & poungarnet, -garned, -karnet, pongarnet, pungarnet; pl. pomegarnettes, etc. & poumes gernates, pomez granatez. |
| Etymology | OF pome grenate, -grenade, -gernete, -granee & ML pōmum grānātum, -garnātum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. gernet(e n.
1.
(a) The fruit pomegranate; (b) cofin (rinde) of ~, the rind of a pomegranate; ~ shelle, a piece of the rind of a pomegranate; grain of ~, graines of pomegarnettes, seeds or pips of a pomegranate; jus of ~, must of pomegarnettes, the juice of pomegranates; water of pomegarnettes, a decoction of pomegranates; win ~, win of pomegarnettes, wine made from pomegranates; (c) ?the pips or seeds of a pomegranate; -- sg. and pl.; (d) a pomegranate tree Punica granatum; ~ tre; (e) a representation of a pomegranate in metalwork, weaving, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch)p.632 : Þai brouȝte..Fykes, reisyn, dates, Almaund, rys, pomme-garnates.
- c1330 Horn Child (Auch)374 : A poumgarnet þer sche brak.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.13.25 : Of þe pome garnettys [vr. powmgarnettis; WB(2): pumgarnadis; L malis..granatis]..& of þe fygus of þat place þei tokyn.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)234a/a : Þise pome granates beþ ycleped mala punica, for þey come firste out of punica.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)646/37 : Malum granatum: pounkarnet.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)157a/a : Take swete poume garnates and diȝte hem wiþ pontike wyne.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)312/20 : Of þre kyndes of pome gernatz [*Ch.(1): pome granatez], of bittre, of swete, and of soure.
- ?1435(1432) Lydg.Hen.VI Entry (Jul B.2)352 : Ther were eke treen..ffulle off ffruytes lade..Orenges, almondis, and the pome-gernade.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)408 : Pomegarnet, frute: Pomum granatum, vel malum granatum.
- c1450 *Chauliac(1) (Sln 3666)153b/b : Granata acetous..Pomez granatez.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)130/347 : Lat hym drynke the juse of the Swete pomegarnadis.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57330 : Item, fore xvj pongarnettes..ij s. vj d.
- a1475 Asneth (Hnt EL 26.A.13)136 : Þe mayde reioysed of the frutes..figes, dates, pomgarnettes.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)286 : A Pomgarnett: malogranatum, malumpunicum.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)244/28 : A man Sholde ette mettis of colde and moisti complexcion..as..gourdes and Poumgrenes.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)186 : I hawe..Orengys..apples..Pungarnetys.
b
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.99 : Cast therto powder of gyngenyr and sugur and graynys of powmis gernatys.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)SSol.8.2 : I shal ȝyuen to þee drinken of spiced wyn & of þe must of my poungarnetis [WB(2): pumgranatis].
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)121b/a : He schal drinke wine of poumme garnades.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)74/9 : Be þer done..fomentacion of gall or..of þe rynde of pome-granate, þat is called psidia.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)246/9 : It byhoueþ..to refresche þe pacient wiþ hennes braynes yrosted with water of pome garnettes [L aqua granatorum].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)413/32 : And after, þrowen yn with a clistere of aloen, of myrre..of psidia, i. þe rynde of powme garnate.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)78/12 : Tak alom glas..scarlett flokkes &..powm garnett schelles in poudir.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)28 : Take..mylke of Almaundys..Samoun, & bray it..do þerto whyte Sugre..whyte Vernage..with þe wyne Pomegarnade. Whan it is y-dressyd, straw a-boue þe grayne of Pome-garnade.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)44/18 : Make here a pessarie..Take ypequistos..acasiam..and þe cofyn of a pome-garnade.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)84/23 : Take þe iowse of þe poume garnet swete, xxv Rotes, [etc.].
c
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)30 : Take Almaundys, & blaunche hem..frye hem..bray hem..tempere hem with..Almaunde mylke & gode Wyne..& Florche it a-bouyn with Pomegarned.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)119 : Tak figges and boile them in wyne; then bray them in a mortair; put ther to bred and boile it with wyne..and florisshe it withe pongarnettes.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 14.2 : Saul dwellede..vndyr a powmgarnet [vr. poomgarnet; WB(2): pumgarnarde] tree.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Joel 1.12 : Poumgarnet [WB(2): The pomgarnate tre; L malogranatum] and..alle trees of the feeld dryeden.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.107 : Iudea..haþ plente of..pomgarnet [Higd.(2): pomegranardes; L malogranatis], of palmes, of figes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)102a/b : Aȝeynes suche venyme..þe Iuce of twigges of pomegarnat helpiþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)234a/b : Som pome granate tre bereþ swete applis hoote and moiste.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)39b/a : Malogranatus: a pummegarnet tre.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)149a/b : Þe leues of rewe diȝte wiþ þe leues of þe poume garnate is a wunderfulle medicyne.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)194a/b : Balaustia Js þe floure þat falliþ doun of a pomgarnat tre.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)90/5 : Take of þe iuse of sengrene li. i..of þe barke of pome garnates, [etc.].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.1146 : The pomgernad wol not this craft exclude.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.303 : In Aprile and in Marche in tempur londe, Pomgarnatre is sette.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)249/14 : Make a playstyr a-boue of barly-flowur..of þe barke of pome garnard and of roses.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)286 : A Pomgarnett tree: malogranatus.
e
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.28.34 : Þou schalt make as powm garnettis of iacynkt & purpur & coccum..in þe mydyll lytyll bellys mengid..& apown garned.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.39.22 : Þei maden þe coope cote..beneþe..at þe feete powm garnettis [vr. powmbe garnettis] of iacynct, purpur.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Jer.52.22 : Þe litle nettis & þe poungarnetis [WB(2): pumgranatis] vp on þe crowne..al was brasene.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1466 : Þe coperounes..wer..formed out in fylyoles..bolled abof wyth braunches and leves, Pyes and papejayes..As þay prudly had piked of pomgarnades.