Middle English Dictionary Entry
vomen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | vomen v. Also vome, vomi, fome. |
| Etymology | L vomere |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To regurgitate the contents of the stomach, vomit; also fig.; ppl. vominge, vomiting;
(b) ~ out, to cast (sb.) out, reject.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.30.1 : Þe woordys of þe gederere vomynge sone [WB(2): spuynge; Gloss.: Salomon is seid a sone gaderinge and spuynge to signefie the…wisdom gaderid in him and…his teching].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.19.14 : To erren þei maden egipt…as erreþ a drunke man & a vomyng [vr. vomende].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Jer.25.27 : Drinkeþ…& vomeþ [L vomite] & falleþ.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)53 : He…bablith…as barn vn-y-lerid; But euer he hitteth on þe heed of þe nayle-is ende, That the pure poynt pricketh on þe sothe Til þe foule flessh vomy for attre.
- a1475 Gilb.Angl.(Wel 537)209/3 : He þat haþ þe epilencie vomeþ.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.18.25 : Alle gentylys…of whom þe erþe is pollut, whoos ydous synnys y shal visiten þat hit vome out [vr. caste out; WB(2): spewe out; L evomat] his dwellers.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.18.28 : Shoneþ…lest & ȝow also hit vome out…as hit vomede [vr. vomyd] out folk þat was byfore ȝow.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.20.22 : Kepe ȝe my lawys…last & ȝow fome [vr. vome] out þe loond.