Middle English Dictionary Entry
secundīne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | secundīne n. Also secondine, secoundine & secundina, secondina, secundingne; pl. secundinas, (error) secundyues. |
| Etymology | ML secundīna (cp. L secundīnae pl.) & OF secondine. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The fetal membranes; the afterbirth; (b) anat. the middle, or vascular, tunic of the eye; ~ tunica, tunica (tunicle) ~.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)69a/a : Þe childe..in þe nynthe or..tenthe moneþ..fondiþ to come out..and in þe out comynge he is biclyppid wiþ a skyn þat hatte secundina.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)217b/a : Þe seed of Cedre..bryngeþ out secundinas, bagges þat children beþ y-wrapped Inne in þe mooder.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)222b/b : Diptannus..bryngeþ oute þe secoundyne [L secundinas], þe bagge þat þe child is Inne in þe modir.
- (a1400) *Barton's Urines (Sln 280)f.283v : Þai makiþ of hem self a skyn wiþouten hem þat is cleput secundyne, wheryn þe childe is in þe modir.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)143b/a : Passionz of þe matrice, as..drawing out of þe birþ & of þe secundyne.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)151b/a : Þer is a cautele þat, if þer be water in þe heued of þe dedebirþe or..in þe secundine [Ch.(2): secounde birþe; L secundina] lettyng þe goyng out by bolnyng, þat it be kut wiþ nailez or wiþ a spature.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)152a/a : It is cured with..oþer instrumentez & wirchingez with which þe secondine is drawen out.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)96/258 : It shall make a woman haue hir termes and to be delyverid of a dede childe & of the secundyne.
- a1500 Platearius CInstans (Cmb Ee.1.13)5/12 : A suppository ymade of asa fetida bringit owt þe secundyngne & maketh women haue her termes., but anoynt hem furst wythinforth wyth hony oþer oyle oþer butter for hurtyge.
- a1500 *Ripley CAlch.(Trin-C O.5.31)1914 : Celedony with secundyues [read: secundynes] & many mo ȝeette In þes I practysede as was jn bokis j founde.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)11b/b : Þe ynner partie is seid secondina & þe vttermore, vuea, And it haþ þe hole of þe appelle.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)49b/b : Be cause þat it were..harmeful þat a grete tunikel schulde mete wiþ a sotile tunikel wiþ outen a mene, þe tunikel þat is cleped secundina was made, þat it myȝte defenden þe tunikel þat is cleped retina..fro þe passinge hardenesse off þe tunica sclirotica.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)23b/a : Þer ben in þe yȝe vij tuniclis..The secunde is secundina tunica.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)24b/a : Þat tunica secundina is a meene bitwene hardnesse and neischenesse..The formere part of þe tunicle secundine is callid vuea.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. secundina.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. secundine.