Middle English Dictionary Entry
scā̆r(re n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | scā̆r(re n.(1) Also scare, schar. |
| Etymology | OF escarre, escare, escharre & L eschara, ML escara; also cp. ME escāre n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The scar of a wound or sore, cicatrix; (b) the scab produced by cautery; (c) a remnant of a morbid tumor or glandular condition, anything morbid that remains when such a condition has been excised; (d) fig. a moral blemish.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Lev.22.22 : If it is blynd, if it is brokun, if it hath a scar [vrr. scar, that is, a notable foulenesse dwellinge after the helinge of a wounde; wounde or an arre, that is, a foulnesse after the heelynge; L cicatricem], if it hath whelkis, ether scabbe, ethir drie scabbe, ȝe schulen not offre tho beestis to the Lord.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)307/35 : Of þe scarre and of þe steppe þat bileueþ after þise, it schal be saide withynforth.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)253/23 : Touche þe boon wiþ an hoot iren as fer as it is rotid & þanne leie þervpon buttir or grese þat þe scar [L escara] þer mowe falle awei.
c
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)119a/b : Beholde ȝif þe scrofule oþer þe glandule be enye þing meuabel..and kitte þe skynne superficiellie..and be wele warre þat þu neiȝe not þe pannykel which it is lapped in but drawe him oute alle hole with his scare & his pannikel.
d
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)881 : Als we wote oure gude angel Al our warkes to god wil tel -- Al be it neuer so litil a schar -- Þan es wisdom to be-war No warkes to do our god to greue.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. scar.