Middle English Dictionary Entry
volūbil(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | volūbil(e n. Also volubilis, volibilis. |
| Etymology | ML volūbilis n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A medicinal plant, prob. of the genus Convolvulus, Hedera, or Lonicera.
Associated quotations
- [ ?a1425 Alphita (Sln 284)192 : Volubilis: corrigiola idem, arbores paruas et herbas ligat…angl. berebinde. ]
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)334/19 : Of medicyns resolutiuis, summe ben simple, as camomilla, volibilis…caulis…& alle herbis…hoot in tempere.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.99/3 : To þis praiseþ Heben Mesue sene…lupillus, volubile [Ch.(2): wodebynde; L volubilem].
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.124/6 : He granteþ muscilage of seminis…& water of volubilis [vr. volubill; Ch.(2): yve], of which he seiþ þat yt helpeþ in one houre.