Middle English Dictionary Entry
rōs-marīn(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rōs-marīn(e n. Also rosemarin(e & (early, ?error, ?Latinate) rosmarini. |
| Etymology | OE rōsmarim & OF romarin, rosamerine, ros(e)marin & L rōs marīnus, AL rosa marīna. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. rose-mari(e n.
1.
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) or a similar herb.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)119.100/1 : Þeos wyrt þat man rosmarini [OE rosmarim], & oþrum naman boȝen nemneð, byð cenned on sandiȝum lænde & on wyrt-bedde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1407 : Alpheta..is the twelfthe sterre yit..His herbe propre is Rosmarine, Which schapen is for his covine.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)49 : Dendrolibanum, libanotidos uel libantus, ros marini idem: gallice et anglice, Rosemaryn.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)155 : Ros marinus frutex est: gallice et anglice, ros maryn.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)197b/a : Rosmarinus: Rosmaryn, his floure is clepid anthos, and þer off is maad dyanthos an electuare.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)451 : Coungur in Sause..take parsyly, myntes, peletur, rosemaryn..and grinde al this in a morter with pouder marchaunt, [etc.].
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)473 : Medicina optima et experta pro Stomacho..Take ginger, canel, long pepur, rose-marine..make of al this a gros pouder.
- (c1430) Paston (EETS)1.14 : Pur faire holsom drynk of ale, Recipe: sauge, auence, rose maryn, tyme.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.937 : Rosmaryn [vr. roosmaryn; L gloss: rorem marinum] in meth decoct, congele, And yef hit hem in gutters, hem to hele.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)7/23 : Tak of rewe a grete qwantite & sawge halfe als mekill & rose maryn þe same quanttitee & stamp þam & wrynge owte þe jeuse & poure it in þe ere.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)116/1 : Take..rosemaryn, camamylle, hayref, peletir of Spayne..of iche of þese an handfwll.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)105b : Rosemaryn: Salutaris.
- a1500 Agnus Castus (LdMisc 553)201/32 : Ros marinus is an herbe þat me clepuþ rosmarine or feld madere.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)73/4 : For to make aqua vite: Take sauge and fynel-rotes and persely-rotes and rosmaryne and tyme and lauendre of euerech lyche moche.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)608/16 : Rosa marina: Rosemaryne.