Middle English Dictionary Entry
thrush(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thrush(e n. Also thrusch(e, thrus, thruisse, thrishe, throsh(e & (in surnames) thrusse, thresse; pl. thursches, thresches, throsses. |
| Etymology | OE þrysce, þrisce. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A thrush;—used generally of any bird of the genus Turdus; also, the flesh of a thrush used as food; (b) error for frosh n.; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1659 : Þaruore anan to hire cherde Þrusche [Jes-O: Þruysse], & þrostle, & wudewale, An fuheles boþe grete & smale.
- ?c1335(a1300) Cokaygne (Hrl 913)96 : Þer beþ briddes mani and fale: Þrostil, þruisse, and niȝtingale.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)820 : Briddes..bliþeliche song, boþe þe þrusch and þe þrustele.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)55 : En braunche seet la merele..In braunche sett þa þrosshe.
- a1450 Simpson Nominale (Simpson)94/304 : Un mavis: throssh.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)595/20 : Mauiscus: a thryshe.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)606/48 : Rastella: a thrushe.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.168 : Goshaukes..moste haue tendere mete as Sparrous..þresches, and oþer smale briddes.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)438 : Of quayle, sparow, larke..thrusche, osulle ye not forgete, þe legges to ley to your souereyne.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)128a : A Thrvsche: prepes.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)5.9.93b : Than I be thowt me upon the birdes as thursches, which I haue sey sittyng in assemble upon an hey tree.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)68/304b : Mauistas: a thrush.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)702/39 : Garulus: a thrus.
b
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget(3) (Gar 145)82/18 : Þat place was voyde wher heuenly tresour shuld haue byn gedered & þat place was full wher wormes and throsses [L ranae] wer noryshed.
c
- (c1204) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames347 : William Thresse.
- (1230) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.4107 : Willelmus Thrusse.