Middle English Dictionary Entry
scābies n.
Entry Info
| Forms | scābies n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. scab(be n.
1.
(a) A skin disease characterized by eruptions, inflammation, itching, etc.; also, scurfy or scabby condition of the skin characteristic of leprosy [1st quot.]; (b) a disease of the eyelids characterized by swelling, pimples, itching, burning, etc.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111a/a : Equiuoca [symptoms of leprosy]..ar 18..scabiez [L scabies] & impetiginez, gutta rosacea, & vlceracions in þe bodie.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)113a/b : Morphea & alberas & algada, agasen, panni, lentiginez, sanguis mortuus, gutta rosacea, scabiez, serpigo, impetigo, & lich þyngez beþ maculose, spotty, infeccions of þe skyn.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)113b/a : If forsoþ þai [skin infections] be not playne bot vnequale & vlcerate, þai ar called scabiez, serpigynes, & impetiginez.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)248/3 : Rubedo..pruritus..sebel, scabies, & vngula goiþ al in oon cours.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)248/12 : Scabies is whanne þe iȝe liddis ben reed & to-swolle & ful of reed pinplis; & þis passioun makiþ greet icchinge & brennynge & manie teeris.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. scabies.