Middle English Dictionary Entry
potāǧer(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | potāǧer(e n. Also potagare, poteger & (error) portager & (surnames) potagier, potageur & (gen. sg.?) potagres. |
| Etymology | Cp. potāǧe n. & OF potagier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A maker of soup or pottage; one who cooks vegetables; ?seller of vegetables; potageres sedes ?leguminous vegetables, pulse; (b) an ingredient in pottage or stew, ?especially considered with regard to its therapeutic properties; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.157 : I was the priouresses potagere [vrr. potager, portager] and other poure ladyes, And made hem ioutes of iangelynge.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.83v : Amonge alle potagres sedys, faba is þe beste.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)37a/a : Leguminarius, i. a poteger.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)15444 : A Coolys I hyr serue..that potage..ffor wych I am mad cusyner And for hyr mouth 'cheff potager'.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.1 : Craft..þat men calles cure..most be don in þrinne degre, Þis hasteler, pasteler, and potagere.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)98a : A potagere [Monson: Potagare]: liguminarius.
b
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.19v : Altea..: In non autor rede Y of propretes of þise 7 forseyde spices of malue; Alle gladly þey growen if it ben set; Alle buþ gode potagers & solible for þe wombe & noble ripers.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.31v : Of þe 2 spicis of borage..of a wys mayster Y leryde þat it is a noble potager & a noble rypere & þat is gode for alle þo þynges þat lingua bouys is & for mo.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.54r : [Butalmon, lingua agni minor, mene plantayn, ox eye] : it is ryȝt comown; boþe in moyst places & in drye it groweþ; betere potager is non.
c
- (1286) Wardrobe Acc.de Clare in Archaeol.7047 : Matilde la Potagere.
- (1300) Court R.Lond.56 : Walter le Potagier.
- (1304) Close R.Edw.I155 : Robert Potageur.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3272 : Johannes le Potager.
- (1340) in Fransson Surn.64 : Rog. le Potagere.
- (1344) Doc.Oxf.in OHS 73231 : Matill' la Potager.
- (1391) Doc.Oxf.in OHS 73122 : Rogerus Potager.