Middle English Dictionary Entry
sophẹ̄na n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sophẹ̄na n. Also sophen(e. |
| Etymology | ML sophēna, var. of saphēna n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Either of the two saphenous veins of the leg and ankle.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)97a/a : Þe veyne þat hatte sophena..is vndir þe anclebone.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)266/10 : Þou schalt ȝeue hir medicyns for to bringe out þe menstrue, or þou schalt lete hir blood in þe sophene.
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)152/745 : A whyt vayne is halsum bledynge agayn malady of þe veyns & of þe vesy & of þe matrice, & þis veyne is called sophena (þe sophen).
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)154a/a : In þe fete bene 8 [veins]..2 in þe kneez, 2 sophenez [Ch.(2): veynes in þe anclees], 2 sciaticz, 2 of þe pecten of þe fote.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)73b/b : Þe sophena þat is on þe inner side of þe hele is more schewinge þen þe sciatica.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)49/13 : Þe grete veyne þat is called sophena..comeþ doun by the þe to þe legge.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)61/12,14,15 : Fleobotomye of þe inward sophenis of þe leggez prouokeþ þe emoroidez and menstruez, And of þe vtter sophenis streyneþ þe emoroidez and menstruez..Sophenez bene þo grete veynez þat ar streched fro þe kneez vnto þe anklez of boþe partiez of þe leggez.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)46a/b : The bloodlast of Sophena, þat is bitwene þe ancle and þe hele In þe ynner side of þe foot, is good aȝens alle passiouns of þe gryndis.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sophena.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sophene.