Middle English Dictionary Entry
seneciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | seneciǒun n. Also senacion, senechum & senchion, senchun, sinch(o)un, sinchon(e, cinchen, chinchen, chinchone, chimchon & senichies & (?errors) synthon, synþon, synyon, (error) secrecion. |
| Etymology | OF seneçon, seneçune, seneschon, senechiun, senechon, senechime, cenesuns & L senecio, AL senicio, -iōnis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A plant of the genus Senecio, esp. common groundsel (S. vulgaris) [some quots. may belong in (b)]; (b) = asfodil n.; (c) glossing ML sintecula.
Associated quotations
a
- [ ?a1300 Wor.F.157.Gloss.(Wor F.157)185 : Senicio, groundeswilee. ]
- ?a1400 Adv.18.5.16 Gloss.(Adv 18.5.16)159/39 : Senecio, i. synchun.
- ?a1400 *Bod.HApul.(Bod 130)20b : Senechum [marg. gloss of] Erigeron, [etc.].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)170a/a : Þe rotes of brionie & lappacij, i. docke, senecioun, i. grunde swielle.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)77 : Chynchone [Win: Chymchon], herbe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)456 : Synchone [Win: Synyon], herbe: Senecion, camadreos.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)161 : Groundeswely we clepin in latin secrecion, and þe greek clepiþ her yrigenon; She is clepid senecion for-þy þat her flour is like hore heres.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)66,67 : Pro malo auditu..Kepe..þe juce of cynchen þre schelfulle..Item pro eodem: take grece of an ele and þe jus of chinchen ana and medle hem to gedre.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)64/14 : To make an oynement þat es callyd popylyon, Take lewys of popyller and synchoun, [etc.].
- c1475 Sln.4 Recipes in Rel.Ant.1 (Sln 4)324 : Take groundis walle, that ys, senchion, and hold yt yn thi handes, yn the water, and alle fysche wylle gaddar theretoo.
- a1500 Agnus Castus (Bal 329)203/18 : Senacion ys an erbe þat me clepyth growndswthele, and it beryth a ȝelowe flowre, and it growyth in fyldys, in gardeyns, and in wallys..þis erbe ys hote and drye.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)84/1 : Take broklemke..ribbewort, senchun, ground-yvi, [etc.].
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)39/13 : For quike þynges þat rennit in a manys ere: Take ius of sinchon, [etc.].
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)40/3 : For hym þat may noȝt wel pisse: Take synþon [read: synchon] and shepistaluȝ, [etc.].
- c1500 Recipe MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)1.423 : For the goute: Tak henbane, mugwort, sauge, mynt, horsemynt, water cresse, synchoun, fenel, [etc.].
b
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)4a : Centum Capta [glossed:] or senichies: Asfodill is an erbe, [etc.].
c
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)645 : Nomina Herbarum..sintecula: synthon.