Middle English Dictionary Entry
speu-drinke n.
Entry Info
| Forms | speu-drinke n. Also (early) spæ(a)udrenc, speau-, (error) spcaudrenc. |
| Etymology | OE spiw-drenc |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A drink made to induce vomiting; (b) an expectorant.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)41/10,17,23 : Potus prouocans vomitum: Þes lacecræft sceal þan mann þæt spiwan wyllan; Wyte þu ȝewyslice, þæt se speaudrenc deaþ hym mycel god..Þe spæudrenc ys god ær mete and be[t]ra æfter mete, forþan..seo fastnysse þæs yfeles wætan on þan heafede and þæt oferflawende yfel on þan breostan byð astired æfter þan mete..Þus þu scealt þane spæawdrenc wyrcean: Nim smale napes and..do þar huniȝ to..Þanne se drenc hyne styrȝe, þanne sile him drince ȝelomlice wearm wæter, þæt he þa bet spiwe.
b
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)33/25 : We byddaþ..þæt mann hym þyrce spcaudrenc [read: wyrce speaudrenc], forþan eal þæt yfel, þe byð on þare heorta and on þan breoste..sceal þanne uf [read: ut].