Middle English Dictionary Entry

prī̆me-rōse n.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) The common primrose Primula vulgaris; --often used in medicinal recipes; (b) used fig.; (c) cook. the name of a dish having the flower of the primrose as principal ingredient; (d) as surname.

Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • a1475 *Gilb.Angl.(Wel 537)135/22 : And ȝyne him sumwhat in his nose to make him snesse, as sauge or plemeros y-brusid and y-holde longe in þe nose.
  • Note: New spelling.
    Note: Getz (56/16): plemeros. Editor glosses as "primrose [Primula vulgaris]". This clause is not present in the text of Htrn 509 (Esteban-Segura:113/27).