Middle English Dictionary Entry
vulva n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vulva n. Also v(u)lve, vulvam, w(u)lve. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The female external genitalia, esp. the orifice.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)150b/a : In wymmen is not priued delyng with bot for opilacioun of þe wulue.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)1.134/31 : Ther is also…a carnous necke…goyng out fro it [bladder]…in men passing…vn-to þe ȝerde, In wymmen with-out reflexion unto 3 fyngers with-in the vlue bi which is put out þe vryne.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)1.136/34 : Þe matrix…haþ also a wlue as þe balane & þe mitre.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner)2.171/4 : Som [apostemes] ar made in partiez procedyng outward as in…þe ȝerde, þe vulue, & þe luer or towal.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)41b/b : By it goiþ out þe vrine lest it were ysched & schent al þe vessel of vuluam.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)42b/b : In men sche [bladder] is long & conteyned wiþ þe ȝerde passinge þoruȝ þe peritonium; In wymmen sche is schort and contynued with þe vulua.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1484 Diseases Women (2) (Trin-C R.14.52)548/1776 : We put the medicyne..of the lynnen clowte..and we put it into the membre (id est, vulua), and we bynde it therto til the matrice be setelid.
Note: Additional quot.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. vulva.