Middle English Dictionary Entry
seuet n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | seuet n.(1) Also siuete, suet(e, suette, sueth, suhet, suwet. |
| Etymology | From OF siu, sieu, AF seu; cp. AL suetum, var. of sēbum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Suet; the fat of an animal or of a fish.
Associated quotations
- [ (1373) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.158 : [20 lbs. of] seu. ]
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)55.56/4 : Nim þat broþ & swete of porc oþur of vþur vlehs.
- (1375) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9946 : In suet.
- (1377) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9946 : In 4 li. Swhet emp. in villa, 8 d..12 li. de Swhett emp. in villa, 18 d.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52257/10 : Clerico marescalcie..pro sagmine, butir, et sewet emptis per idem tempus pro diuersis equis infirmis, v bl.
- (1396) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.116 : Cake de suwet.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)288a/b : Þe hert calf is contrary to serpentes in a wonder wise, for he þat is anoynt wiþ his sewet or wiþ his blood schal be touched of no serpent þat day.
- (1409) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9953 : In sweth emp., 8 d.
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.179/1234 : Item, for white swette ij d.
- c1425 Twiti Venery(1) (Vsp B.12)151 : Alle the bestis that beryth suet [F syu] and fime ben escorches.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)483 : Swete, of flesche or fysche or oþer lyke: Liquamen, sumen.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)102/274 : Take..rede rose levys and sywete of a dere or of a shepe and all wele stamped togedir.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)187 : The sunne bi fayrnesse hardeth the dunge and softeth wex or suette.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)67/9,16 : A quantyte of þe sueth of a dere..and a lytyll of þe suett of þe der.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.43 : Take mynsud onyouns, and powder also Of peper, and suet and befe þerto And cast þeron.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)122b : Swet: Sumen..vbi fatnesse.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)54/10 : Take a pound and an half of schepis grece and take a pound of suynes grece and suet of a dere.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 My dere sone wher (Lamb 491)188 : Than take out þe shuldris & slyttiþ anone The bely to þe nether ende fro þe courbyng bone, Þan take out þe suet þat it be not left, For þat is good for lechecraft.
Note: Additional quote(s)
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.45 Recipes (Trin-C R.14.45) 131/32 : Forto make whit sope..to .vij. galons of þe lye putte .ij. of swet.
Note: New spelling (swet).