Middle English Dictionary Entry
sempervīve n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sempervīve n. Also semperviva. |
| Etymology | L sempervīva & OE (from L) sempervivus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. sinfulle n., singrene n.
1.
The herb houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)127.119 head. : Semperviua [OE semperuiuus], synfulle, & syngrene: Iouis barba.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)127.119/1 : Nim þa wyrt þat man semperuiua nemneð & engle synfulle hateð.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)329/13 : Medicyns coold & moist..Semper viua.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)135b/b : Ouer þat water of semperviue [Ch.(2): sengrene; L semperuiue] is praised of som men in euery case.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)628/13 : Semper viua, house leke, is an herbe, colde in þe þridde degree, drye in þe firste degree.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)204/3 : Semperuiua ys an erbe þat me clepyth sengrene, hous-leke, or rubarbe [read: iubarbe].