Middle English Dictionary Entry
terebint(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | terebint(e n. Also therebint(e, theribinte, therubinte, therebinthe. |
| Etymology | OF terebinthe, terebinte, therebint & L terebinthus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The turpentine tree, Pistacia terebinthus; ~ tre; valei of ~, the valley of Elah; (b) turpentine.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.35.4 : He indeluyd hem vnder a therebynte [vr. theribynte; WB(2): therubynte; vr. therebynte tree] þat is by hynde þe cyte of sychym.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 17.2 : Saul & þe men of israel gederid camyn in þe valey of therebynt [WB(2): Terebynte].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Hos.4.13 : On litil hillis thei brenneden..encense, vnder ook and poplere and terebynt.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.1021 : Eek the blossom greet socour is Of euery tre ther swetnesse in the flour is: Ook, fold, and birche, eek terebynt [L terebinthus] and lynde.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.135 : Of therebynte or birche into the roote Or trunk indrive a pyn.
b
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)51ba : Gyue ye .. to that man yeftes .. storax, scacten, therebinthe & dates..