Middle English Dictionary Entry
prī̆me-rōse n.
Entry Info
Forms | prī̆me-rōse n. Also primmerose & primros(e. |
Etymology | OF primerose & ML prīma rosa. |
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.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)37b/b : Ligustum: a primrose or a cowshlipe.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)17a : Cowslope is an erbe that his blossum is well like to prymrose.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)197a/a : Primula veris, kalendula: prymmerose.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)413 : Prymerose: Primula, calendula, ligustrum.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)14/15 : Tak sauge or primerose & stampe it wele & anoynt his tonge vnderneth with þe jewse, & he sall spek sone.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)168/7 : Ligustrum is an herbe men clepe prymrose [vrr. prymme-rose; primerole]; þis herbe is comoun, and it growyȝt in wodys and in dyches, and it is good for potages.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)75/11 : Take kousloppes, þat is, pagglis, and primerose leues.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)693 : Lo! þe pryme-rosis, how fressh þey been to seen.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)97a/a : Stuphus schulen be mad of hote consumynge herbis as wormod, Calamynte, Origanum, primerose, sauge, and oþere siche.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)99a : A Prymerose: primarosa.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)5.3.91b : Of viii worldes..thre be crowned with floures of disperaile kynde..the thridde..with faire lusty primroses and lilies entremelled.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)712/18 : Hoc ligustrum, a primerose.
b
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2023 : A, Mekenesse, Charyte, and Pacyens, Prymrose pleyeth parlasent.
- a1450 Ch.Feasts (Roy 18.A.10)77 : A ȝerd schulde sprynge Oute of þe rote of Ientill Iesse, And schulde floure with florisschyng With primeroses greet plente.
- c1450 Excellent soueraine (Dc 95)136 : Farewell prymerose, my plesaunce.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)149/91 : Heyle perle peerles, prime rose of prise.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Ave Regina (Trin-C R.3.21)292/22 : Hayle holy maydyn..Prymrose of plesaunce, callyd flos florum.
c
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)25 : Prymerose: Take oþer half-pound of Flowre of Rys, iij pound of Almaundys, half an vnce of hony & Safroune, & take þe flowre of þe Prymerose, & grynd hem, and temper hem vppe with Mylke of þe Almaundys, [etc.].
d
- (1365-6) Nickname in LuSE 55145 : Hen. primerose.
- (1379) Nickname in LuSE 55145 : Joh. Primerose.
- (1394) Nickname in LuSE 55145 : Rob. le Prymrose.
- (1396-7) Nickname in LuSE 55145 : Hen. Primros.
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).