Middle English Dictionary Entry
slaver(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | slaver(e n. |
| Etymology | From slaveren v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Saliva, slobber; craving, appetite; also, gluttony; also, vomiting, vomit.
Associated quotations
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220:Owen)12 : Slavere [vrr. slavering, dravelynge; glossing AF (Cmb): baavure].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)46a/b : Orexia: vomitus, multa commestio, nimium desiderium comedendi; Orexis: idem or slauer.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)458 : Slavyr: Orexis.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)115a : Slaver: orexis, orexia, saliua, sputum.