Middle English Dictionary Entry
pō̆tāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pō̆tāciǒun n. |
| Etymology | OF potacïon & L pōtātio, -iōnis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An occasion of drinking, esp. of alcoholic beverages; a drinking bout; alcoholic drink or draught; (b) a potion, concoction, medicinal drink.
Associated quotations
a
- (1428) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)185 : Also Payed for ij dinerz and a Soper for þe Crafte, made at diuers timez and potaciounz þat draws..Summa xi li. ij s.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)43.15 (v.1:p.280) : Gilbert .. disseuerid and departid his peple from commessacions and commoun potacions, from pleyes, from spectaclis, and from ydil discoursis on halidayes.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)288 : A Potacion: potacio.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)17/11 : And they ben vncircumcised in here tastynge, the whiche ȝyueþ hem vn-to commessacions and potacions, in dronkonnes and withoute mesure.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)95/29 : They inclyne alle to here potacions and here fowle custommes in tymes of holy vigiles.
b
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)24207 : Maugre hir potaciouns and dyuerse confecciouns..yet deth and I..Haue, at the laste, the maystrye.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)130/204 : Here is þe botel of goddys vengeauns..þis hath suche vertu by goddys ordenauns þat what man drynk of þis potacion And goth serteyn in processyon here in þis place þis Awtere abowth, If he be gylty, sum maculacion Pleyn in his face xal shewe it owth.
- a1500 Maysters that (BodAdd A.106)77 : Þer is thre dayes in þe ȝere In þe qwylk for nakyn case of ned Lyket noght to man no best to bled, Ne tak any potacyon Þat is of drynkes confecon.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.36vb (2.3) : Ethicus or etica..a lent febre forwastand al þe body..cometh by passioun of þe body, as of longe trauail, longe sekenes, mykel fastyng, mykel wakyng, continuel studying, hasty etyng, wicked fying, complexioun hote & drye, of potacions þat bene hote and dry, þorough exces in lechery principalli.
Note: Antedates word. ?Prob. sense (a). Editor's gloss: potatcions, n. pl. 'drinks'.