Middle English Dictionary Entry
scarbot(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | scarbot(e n. Also scarebod, scarbude, scharabot, charbote, cherubud, (in surname) scarebot & (error) starebode. |
| Etymology | OF escharbot(e, escarbot, scherbot, charabot; the -bod(e, -bud(e spellings may have been influenced by ME sharn-boude (s.v. shā̆rn n.(b)). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A kind of beetle; also, a dung beetle; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)p.173 : N'est pas force s'yl nasye, A peyne vaut-il un escharrie [glossed:] a charbote [vrr. starebode; a leek vel sharnbode].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)58a/b : Scarabeus: a scarebot.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)442 : Scarbot [Win: Scarbote], flye: Scabo [vr. scrabo; Win: Scarbo].
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)609/47 : Scarabo: a scharabot [Suppl. adds: a bytylle].
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)3689 : Scarbod is a mvk of neete, And þat is a worme resonably grete.
- a1500 The krycket (Pen 356B)4 : The flee bare þe baner as a duȝty knyȝth, The cherubud trumpyt with all hys myȝth.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)767/28 : Stabo: a scarbude.
b
- (1212) CRR(2) 6331 : Johannes Scarebot de Cattun'.