Middle English Dictionary Entry
rō̆sẹ̄ n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rō̆sẹ̄ n.(2) Also roseie, rosie. |
| Etymology | OF rosé, rosei; some quots. with the spelling rose may belong to rō̆se n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Cook. A dish prepared with rose petals or flowers; also, a rose-colored dish but without roses; (b) a kind of red wine.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)46.12/1 : Rosee: Milke of alemauns; leues of roseen so þat hit sauoure of þe roseen; kanele, flour of rys oþer of amydon, [etc.].
- 1381 Dc.257 Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)70.41/1 : For to make rosee: tak þe flowrys of rosys and..bray hem wel in a morter, & þan tak almondys and..flesch of capons or of hennys..& þan do yt in þe rose..& do þereto sugur & safroun þat yt be wel ycolowrd & rosy of leuys & of þe forseyde flowrys.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.31 : Rosee: Take thyk mylke as to fore welled; cast þerto suger..& powdour gynger and seeþ it and alye it with flours of white Rosis.
- c1400 Sln.468 Cook.Recipes (Sln 468)90.32/1 : To make a rosye: Tak braun of capounes or of hennes, [etc.].
- ?c1400 Dur-U.Menus (Dur-U Cosin V.3.11)41.6/6 : On fysch dayes..Þe iii cours, rosee to potage & crem of almaundes, þerwith sturioun & welkes, [etc.].
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)430 : Rose to Potage: Take floure of ryse and do therto almonde mylke and put it in a pot..and put therto powder of canel and clowes..and colour hit with saunders and serve hit forthe.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)24 : Roseye: Take Almaunde Mylke an flowre of Rys & Sugre an Safroun..þan take Red Rosys an grynd fayre in a morter, [etc.].
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)29 : Vyolette: Take Flourys of Vyolet, boyle hem, presse hem..Rede Rose: Take þe same, saue a-lye it with þe ȝolkys of eyroun, & forþer-more as vyolet.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.13 : Rose: Take flour of ryse as whyte as sylke, And hit welle with almond mylke..Coloure with alkenet, sawnder, or ellys with blode..Seson hit with sugur grete plente, Þis is a rose, as kokes telle me.
b
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)115 : Ȝiff þe wyne reboyle..a pipe of coloure de rose [?read: colourde rose] þou kepe..the reboyle to Rakke to þe lies of þe rose.