Middle English Dictionary Entry
suade n.
Entry Info
| Forms | suade n. Also swau & (?error) suot. |
| Etymology | AF swade, suau, su(e)th, vars. of OF sëu. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The European elder (Sambucus nigra); (b) cook. a dish or sauce made with elder blossoms; ~ blaunk, a dish of chicken or fish in a sauce made with elder blossoms.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)47.23/2,48.23/3 : Milke of alemauns, amydon, wyþ þe lyure of floures of þe suade [F swade]..ywaschen & idon in gynger..þe floures of þe suade ystreyed abouen.
b
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)47.23/1 : Suade [F Swade]: Milke of alemauns, amydon, wyþ þe lyure of floures..þe floures schulen beon ywaschen & idon in gynger..þe floures..ystreyed abouen: þe colour schal beon qwyt.
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)52.44/1 : A mete þat hatte suot [?read: suet; F suet] blanc: Nim chykenen & scald heom & hew am to mossels, & do am to zeoþeon &..nym þe ȝolc of ey & lye hit wiþ mi[l]ke of alemauns..& do wiþ salt & grind in an morter togedere, &..in þe day of vische wiþ lyure of turbot oþur of oþur vihs, wiþ þe voresayde milke, & gedere in time þilke floures..& soþþen abeon igrounden wel in an morter, [etc.].
- 1381 Dc.257 Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)71.47/1 : For to make rosee & fresee & swau.