Middle English Dictionary Entry
scabbī(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | scabbī(e adj. |
| Etymology | From scab(be n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of the skin: scabby, rough, scurfy; of a sore: covered with or having a scab; (b) of branches, etc.: rough on the surface, scaly, scurfy.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)83b/b : Afterward efte sonez þat same particle be made scabbie [Ch.(2): scabbed; L scabiosa] And þe vesic ybrusten, þer be made an vlcere of yuel colour vneuenly fretyng.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111b/a : Consider he..þe colour of al þe body..And if he be scabby [Ch.(2): ful of scabbe; L scabiosus], ychyng, serpiginose.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)114a/b : Þise..infeccionz of þe skyn..ar of þe somme of vlcerous bothourez, bygynnyng lytel soft..Afterward þai ar vlcerate with squamous [Ch.(2): shaly; L squamosis], i. scabby, vlcerez.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.67 : A roten swerd..tough to glewe ayeyn though hit me delue; The fruyt therof not scabby [L scabra].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.181 : When they rooted be, Translate hem..The scabby branches & the vexid rootes To cutte avay for dyuerse harmys bote is.