Middle English Dictionary Entry
scīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | scīe n. Also scia. |
| Etymology | L scia, var. of ischia pl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The hip joint; (b) sciatica.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)176/28 : Þe place of þe coniuncioun of þese boones is clepid þe scie.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)177/31 : Þat oon veyne..is clepid sciatica..þat oon veyne serueþ for þe scie.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)5b/b : Of dislocacioun of þe scie or of þe þye.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)19a/a : The grete foote or þe grete legge dureþ fro þe iuncture of scia [Ch.(2): whirle bone; L scie] vnto þe extremiteez of þe tooz.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)73b/b : Þe vena sciatica..is good for to be leten bloode in grete akkeþ of þe scia.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)29/16 : Of dislocacioun & disioynyng of þe scia, or whirleboon or þiȝe.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)43b/b : Thanne þe vppere part of þe tail boon, þe which is callid vertebrum, and þe box þat is callid Scia and al þe ioynct þat is y compouned of hem is callid þe haunch ioynct.
b
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.229vb : Gootes muk & namely of þe mountes .. emplaster þerof good for scie & podagre of cold .. & for duresse of ioyntes.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.50r : For egre fu &c.: [Use wood-rove] with acet & ceresuse [read: ceruse] .. for þe scie & peyne in þe ioyntys.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. scia.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. scie.