Middle English Dictionary Entry
sǒur-dokke n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sǒur-dokke n. |
| Etymology | From sǒur adj. & dokke n.; cp. OE sūre sorrel & ME sǒur(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The plant sorrel Rumex acetosa; also, a leaf of this plant; (b) error for sour-dough n.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Erf.Gloss.(Erf Amplon Q.351)162 : Parelle, i. sur-doke.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)653 : Par sause vaut la surele [glossed:] surdoke.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)81 : Herba acetosa, ascedula idem: gallice, sorele; anglice, sourdok.
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)33 : Oxilapacium, i. acedula, souredock.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.7v : Sorel, soure docke -- it scholde be seyde 'saucedocke.'
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)78b : Souredok is an erbe that ys colde and drye in the þirde degre; The vertu of him Is in somer tyme i-ete hit makith a gode stomake.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)43/10 : Tak sourdokes & salt & grynde it with oyle & mak a cake & lay it to þe sare.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)146 : Sorell or souredok is clepid in latin assidula..for her sauour is tart as is vynegre.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)149 : Purslane..etyn wole stanche þe ache of þe bledder..soure docke, þat is sorel, hauyþ almost þe same vertue.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)88 : Tak arostede oynen, þe lilie rote, & sowredokkes..& make a plasture & lei to þe sore al so hoot as he may suffre, [etc.].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)117b : A Sowrdoke: acedula.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)54/6 : The children of Israel vsid for to turmente here flesche with abstynence and etyng of cresses, soure dockes, and siche bitter herbis.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)128/7 : If thou shalt have hony-soukels, thou levest the frute of the soure docke.
b
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)138.181/1 : Nysebek: Take þe þridde part of sowre dokkes [vr. dowe], and flour þerto, & bete it togeder tyl it be as towh as eny lyme.