Middle English Dictionary Entry
thung n.
Entry Info
| Forms | thung n. Also (early) þunge, thunga & (error in cpd.) -yiuge. |
| Etymology | OE þung |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: For other forms see clof-þung n.
1.
Any of several poisonous plants; brok ~; clof ~, q.v.; elf ~, prob. hellebore [cp. elf-thung n.].
Associated quotations
- ?c1125(?OE) Dur-C.Gloss.(Dur-C Hunter 100)125(d) : Coxa: thung.
- ?c1125(?OE) Dur-C.Gloss.(Dur-C Hunter 100)125(d) : Elleborus: Vedeberige uel thung.
- c1150(?OE) Ld.Herb.Gloss.(LdMisc 567)19/6 : Aconit, i. þung.
- c1150(?OE) Ld.Herb.Gloss.(LdMisc 567)64/1441 : Toxa, i. þung.
- c1150(?OE) Ld.Herb.Gloss.(LdMisc 567)64/1448 : Tipus, i. brocþung.
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 76)21 : Elueþunge: tunsingwurt.
- a1300 Sln.146 Gloss.(Sln 146)295/212 : Corsa: ang. thunga.
- ?a1400 Adv.18.5.16 Gloss.(Adv 18.5.16)160 : Elleborum nigrum: Elfyiuge [read: Elfþinge] koye..wort: ellebre galice.