Middle English Dictionary Entry
trimes n.
Entry Info
| Forms | trimes n. Also (gen.) tremese; pl. (gen.) trimesa(n, tremesa, (?error) tyrmesa. |
| Etymology | OE, from L. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A unit of weight, a dram.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)31/12 : Gif mannes heafod tobrocen siȝ, ȝenim þeos wyrt..& gnid hi swiðe smale to duste; ȝenim þanne tweȝa trymesa [OE trymessa] ȝeweȝe, þeȝe hyt þanne on hatum beore.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)31/20 : Wið eaȝena dimnesse, ȝenim þare wyrte anre tremese [OE tremesse; L dragma] wæȝe, wil on watere, syle drincen fæstinden.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)33/9 : Wið sidan sore, ȝenim þare wyrt þreo trymesan wæȝe, seoð on ealdan wine, drinc hit þonne on niht..Wið wambe sor, þa wyrt betonica tweȝa tremesa wæȝe.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)33/19 : Wið þan þe man blod up welle þur his muð, ȝenim þeos wyrt þreo tyrmesa [L dragmas] wæȝe, [etc.].