Middle English Dictionary Entry
scurfī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | scurfī adj. Also scurvi. |
| Etymology | From scurf n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Suffering from scurf, scabby.
Associated quotations
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)116/1 : Some also ben scurvy [*Ch.(1): squamous; L squamose], fistulouse, and cancrouse.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.242 : I the sauh so megre, pale, and leene..Scabbid, scuruy, scallid, and oncleene On bak and body.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)326 : Scurfy, vbi scabbyde.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1484 Comment.Hippocrates (Trin-C R.14.52)407/741 : It is to be noted only that who that hath a scourphi hed in sharp febers aboute the thrid day rennen in wele the shortyng of lippes; nother this is dedly.
Note: Additional quot., new form.