Middle English Dictionary Entry
tinea n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tinea n. Also tineam; pl. tineez. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A moth or worm that gnaws at wood and cloth; (b) med. a disease of the skin of the head characterized by scabs, ringworm.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1255/14 : The moþþe hatte tinea..is a worme of cloþes.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)417/5 : Þe tre worme þat is cleped tynea..gnaweth þe tree.
b
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1255/27 : A manere of scabbe of þe heed is ycleped tinea for it holdeþ..faste to þe skynne.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)180/25-181/3 : Tinea is as miche to seie as a reremous, for þe heeris of a reremous ben alwey aboute þe heed, & þerfore cirurgians makiþ difference bitwixe allopuciam & tineam [L tineam], for þei clepid tineam [L tinea] þere þat þere is corrupcioun in þe skyn wiþ harde crustis & quytture.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)301/18 : Blood-letynge is good for tynea þat is in a mannes heed.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)121a/b : Be ther made vnguent which..cureþ al tyneez & scabbe and..al infeccioun of þe skyn.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)30/11 : Wherynne is first sett of tynea..And ballidnes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. tinea.