Middle English Dictionary Entry
rūe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rūe n. Also ruwe, reu(e, reuwe, & (error) twe. |
| Etymology | OF rue AF ruwe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. rūde n.
1.
(a) A plant of the genus Ruta, esp. common rue Ruta graveolens; ~ domestic; (b) as used medicinally or in cooking; with pun on reue n.(1) [last quot.]; ~ lef; ~ wort; (c) ?a plant of the genus Thalictrum, esp. common meadow rue Thalictrum flavum; ?also, the seed of this plant; (d) wild ~, = (c); also, fumitory Fumaria officinalis.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)554/5 : Ruta, i. rue.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 11.42 : But woo to ȝou, Pharisees, that tythen mynte and ruwe and al wort, ether herbe, and passen dom and the charite of God.
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)112 : Columbyne and Charuwe, clottes þei creue With Ruwe and Rubarbe, Ragget ariht.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)245b/b : Rve hatte Ruta and is a medicynal herbe..and þerof is double kynde..tame..is ful feruente.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)246a/a : Þe smylle of rue dryueþ and chafeþ away all þe venemouse bestes out of gardyns and is þerfore y-plaunted aboute sauge to dryue away serpentes and taddes.
- ?a1400 *Bod.HApul.(Bod 130)27a : Ruta, Rwe.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)479/5 : Chewynge of schere gresse hideþ the sauour of wyne and rewe of oynouns and of garlik.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)438 : Ruwe, herbe: Ruta.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.552 : If me wul ha mony briddis thennys, Let bene or barly bake..Also..Let hong aboute in diuerse stedis rewe, And bestis aduersaunt hem wol eschewe.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)126/8,10 : Abrotanum..haȝt a stalke, as ȝow it were twe [read: rwe]..þis herbe haȝt a streyther lef þanne haȝt twe [read: rwe].
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)22/26 : Take..a good quantite of rewe domestik.
- a1500 Agnus Castus (LdMisc 553)200/28 : Rvta domestica is an herbe þat me clepuþ Ruwe; þis herbe is comyn y-now, and he bereþ a ȝelwe flour.
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)120.102/7 : Wið hæfed-ece drinca rue on wine; Eaft cnuca rue & wring þat wos on ecede, smyra þat heafod þarmid; Eac rue fremeð wyd deade spri[n]cas.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)246a/a : Graueres, lymynours, and poynters eteth rue..and scharpeþ here sight, but ware women wiþ childe leste þey eten rue, for such mete sleeþ þe childe in þe wombe.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.77 : Erbolates: Take..veruayn, clarry, rewe..hewe hem & grinde hem smale, medle hem up with Ayren, do butter in a trap & do þe fars þerto.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)104/1 : Anoynte his nolle & his necke wiþ hoote oynementis, as wiþ oile of nardine, euforbine, oile of rue.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)229/4 : Þou schalt ȝeue him agnus castus & seed of rue..& oþere þingis þat waastiþ wijnd.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)52 : To þis siknesse boyle mastik..of Rve and mynt.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)67b : Rewe ys hote and drye and dothe gode to the stomake, hit doþe a-way conseyvyng, hit castiþ oute lechery.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)172b/a : Vlceratiue medicines ben alle þo corrosiues þat ȝeuen milke, as esula, Anabulla, Canterides, Rwe.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)7/22 : Wormes, Schepelouse, Qwik thynge in þe ere..Tak of rewe..& sawge..wrynge owte þe jeuse & poure it in þe ere.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)135/659 : If þe senwes be stonyed with fallynge..þou schalt anoynte it wel with..sum..oynement made of oile olyue & grese & of hot erbes y-sode þer-ynne, as rue, sauge, louache, & oþer þat buþ hote of kynde.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)74 : Hit destroyeth..þe feueres..if þou seth grene rewe in oyle and þer-with, lewk, oynte þe pacient a-fore his trembling.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)38a : How might men slen the worm? Take..a poine of reuwe.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)81/19 : For a woman þat haþ lornn her floures, to restoren is a-ȝen: Tak mader-rotes and rue-leues and sethem to-gedre in wyn.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)7 : For the cray..take þe powdere of saxifrage or ells the powder of Rewe.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.23 : In brothe þou boyle þy chekyns gode..Take powder gynger, abrayde, And sugur and rew and safron clere.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)78/3 : He þat etys ffyges with notes and a fewe leuys of Rue, þat day venom shall noght dere hym.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)33b/14 : Defy one of heme in water of rewe or of ffenell and vse it owþer lay in þe eye of þe dry powedre.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)53/8 : For to make greyne-tret, þat ys y-callyd gratia dei: Take pigle, bugle, sanigle, dytayne, scabiose, rewe-wort.
- c1500 Befor my deth (SeldArch B.24)52 : In my garding..now fynd I nocht bot rewe.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)245b/b : Rve..is a medicynal herbe..Þerof is double kynde..þe wilde is more feruente þan þat oþer.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)158/8 : Item, ruta cuius triplex est materies..cuius semen piganum dicitur..gallice et anglice, Rue.
d
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)23b : Fvmyter ys an erbe that som men calleþ wilde rewe, for his leuys be ney goynge to rewe; His flour is purpur colour.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)197a/b : Pigamum, Ruta agrestis, wilde rewe.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)424/7 : In an olde fallynge of heres..it byhoueþ to evapore..the olde euel humour..And to þis entencioun..he..haþ chosen moloyne..þe whiche it semeth Avicen to clepe gumme of wylde rewe [L ruthe aggrestis].