Middle English Dictionary Entry
smā̆l-ā̆che n.
Entry Info
| Forms | smā̆l-ā̆che n. Also smalach, smallach(e, smal(l)eache, smalhache, smal(l)aǧe, smalege, (error) synache. |
| Etymology | From smā̆l adj. & āche n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A plant of the genus Apium, esp. wild celery (A. graveolens); part of this plant used medicinally; ~ sede.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Cuth.(LdMisc 108)52 : Nim..þe milk of one kov..Iuys of smal-Ache do þar-to, and clene ȝwetene flour.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)12/4 : Apium domesticum..anglice, smalache.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)94/8 : Aftirward leie on þis confeccioun maad of flour of wheete & hony & ius of smalache [vr. smallache].
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)11 : Apium simpliciter, i. smale ache.
- a1400 Roy.17.A.3 Cook.Recipes (Roy 17.A.3)149.7/6 : Fille þi viol ful of lyes of strong wiyn & putte þerto..smallage, persile, sauge, [etc.].
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)1a : Ache with smale ach or marche is hote..and drye.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)162a/b : Sympel medicines..Malowe sede, percile sede, smalleache sede, and fenel sede.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)333/22 : Mature and clense þe escare wiþ the mundificatif of smalache.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)119/4 : Ȝif þis herbe be sothyn with smal-hache [vrr. smalach, smalage] in water of sawge..It helyth and vnbyndyth..þe lytarge.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)122/5 : Apium risus..is on of þe specys of smalache.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)238/7 : Or take spykenarde, comyn, smallach, persly, [etc.].
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)47/8 : For alle maner off woundis: Take herbe water, herbe john..synache [read: smalache], egremoyne, [etc.].
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)122b/a : Take the iuys of smalache, Nyȝtschode, & hemloke, [etc.].
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)711/15 : Apium: smalege.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)29/2 : A goud plaistre for broken bonys..Take broklemke, chykyn mete, smalache, [etc.].