Middle English Dictionary Entry
tarfe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tarfe n. Also tarfa, terfe & (errors) traf(e. |
| Etymology | ML tarfa; ult. Ar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. A spot of blood or hematoma occurring in an injured or bruised eye; ?also, blackness of an eye due to injury.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)73b/a : Of tarfe [vr. traf; Ch.(2): swartnesse; L tarfen] & blode þat comeþ wiþ in þe eie for wondez & smytyngez, praiseþ ihesus in stilling of milke of a womman noreshing a maide childe..& blode of a coluer.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)73b/b : Of þo þingez þat proffiteþ to tarfe [L tarfe] is a Scief.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)105b/a : Þe 2a. part of sikenez of þe eyen..And of tarfe [Ch.(4): tarfa].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)18/28 : The 2 chapitre is..of tarfe [Ch.(1) vr. trafe] and of blood þat comeþ wiþynne þe eyȝe, [etc.].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)22/18 : Of woundes of þe eyȝen and of þe eyȝe liddes and of þat þat entreþ into þe eyȝe and of þe terfe [*Ch.(1): tarfe], it is seide in þe book of woundes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. tarfa.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. tarfe.