Middle English Dictionary Entry
sirō̆n n.
Entry Info
Forms | sirō̆n n. Also siroine. |
Etymology | Prob. from OF siron or AL ciro, siro, -ōnis; ult. Gmc. *seuro a tiny worm, mite; sense in ME perh. from vermicular shape. From same ult. root cp. MDu. siere small quantity & perh. ML sior (= L parvulus a child; see SVrn.Leg.8/28 Latin original). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A shoot, sprout.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Macer (Add 37786)168 : Siron [vr. syroyne; Stockh: A synum of þis ellebore set in at þe nek wole hele þe festre þat is clepid syringia].
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)810/13 : Antes: a siron.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. siron.