Middle English Dictionary Entry
sēmen n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sēmen n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Semen, sperm; also, the reproductive substance in the uterus.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)232b/ a : Þe tame letuse..multiplieþ milk in wommen and semen [L semen] in men.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)266b/a : Semen [L sperma] of þe asse is most cold by kynde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)321a/a : Þey [read: þe] semen of þe male susteyneþ þe menstrual blood of þe femele in þe moder.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)322b/b : Semen of þe male is y-fonge in to þe moder and y-medlid wiþ þe semen of þe femel.