Middle English Dictionary Entry
sīringa n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | sīringa n.(2) |
| Etymology | AL sȳringa musical instrument; cp. L Sȳrinx, Sȳringa a nymph changed into a reed & sȳringias a kind of reed from which Pan pipes were made. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: For the medical uses of this word, see (for a syringe made originally from reed) siring(e n. and (for a disease) siringa n.(1).
1.
A musical pipe made from a reed.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.377 : Mercurius fonde vp an instrument of musyk þat hatte Syringa [Higd.(2): siringas; L syringas].