Middle English Dictionary Entry
sā̆l-ǧemme n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sā̆l-ǧemme n. Also salgeme, -ieme, -gene & (?errors) -gimine, -genme. |
| Etymology | ML sal gemma, sal gemme; cp. OF sel geme. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- ?1316 SMChron.(Roy 12.C.12)183 : Feole thinges ther beth ynne..Salgemme [vr. Salgenme] and salpetre.
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)554 : Salgimine [?read: Sal gimme] is meynt wiþ him.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)99/8 : Þis is a medicyn compouuned: take floris eris, limature..sal gemme.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)95b/a : Þai [hemorrhoids] be take away litel by litel wiþ swete or softe corrosyuez as beþ þo þat ar of þe nature of salt, as sal gemme [L sal gemma].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)180a/b : Som men in stede of comon salt putteþ sal gemme.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)29/19 : Tak a morsell of lard als thi fynger & powdir it with sall gemme & do it in thi fundament.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)591 : Arestotle..was a fyne philozophire..The grete Alexander to graythe and gete golde when hym liste..With saltpetir and sal-ieme [vr. sal geme] and siche many othire.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)222/702 : Take peper and pletre of spayn and rw..of salgene ij dragmes & make a pouder.
- ?a1500 Ripley CAlch.(Wales 734F)256 : Sall peter, sall tartour, sall comen, sall geme moste clere.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475 Yale-BA.Artist.Recipes (Yale-BA R486.M43 1450) 95/30 : To wryte on a swerde or on a knyfe, take þe pouder of alam glas, and sal geme, and temper hit with olde vryne.
Note: Need date.
- a1500 Corp-O.291 Artist.Recipes (Corp-O 291) 315/1 : To make a water as golde, take grene vitriall, sal gem, sale vitriall, sale armonac, [etc.].
Note: New spelling (sal gem).