Middle English Dictionary Entry
stacten n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stacten n. Also stactes, (error) scacten. |
| Etymology | L stactē, -ēs & ML stacten; ult. Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Pure myrrh, the exudate of the myrrh tree Commiphora myrrha.
Associated quotations
- [ (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)247a/b : The droppyng of the tre mirra hatte 'Stacten'..and is declyned: 'hec stactentes' and is y-founde 'stacten' indeclinabile. ]
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.43.11 : Take ȝe..of þe lycour of þe tree of Storax & of Stactes, þe lycour of myrr tree.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.30.34 : Take to þee swete smelling þingis: stacten [WB(2) Gloss.: that is, the beste mirre] & onycha.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)251b/b : Thimiama is..y-made of onica, of stacten [L stacte], of Galbanus, of thus.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)51ba : Gyue ye .. to that man yeftes .. storax, scacten [Vulg. Gen.43.22: stacten], therebinthe & dates.