Middle English Dictionary Entry
wei-brēd(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wei-brēd(e n. Also weiebred(e, weibrod(e, waibred(e, waiebrede, waibrode, webrede, veibrede & (early) weibrade, weibreode, webrade, webræde, (infl.) webræden, webrædan, weȝbrædan. |
| Etymology | OE weg-brāde, -brǣde. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A plant of the plantain family (Plantaginaceae), prob. great plantain (Plantago maior); ?also, hoary plantain (P. media);
(b) the leaves or other parts of the plantain used medicinally, or as an ingredient in medicaments;
(c) ~ lef (sed, seu, wort-wale), plantain leaf (seed, sap, root), used as a medicine or medicinal ingredient.
Associated quotations
a
- c1150(?OE) Ld.Herb.Gloss.(LdMisc 567)54/1138 : Plantago, i. weibrade.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)544/38 : Plantago: weibreode.
- ?a1300 Wor.F.157.Gloss.(Wor F.157)184 : Arnoglossa, vel plantago: waybrode.
- c1300 Add.15236 Gloss.(3) (Add 15236)132/302 : Plantago maior: anglice, weybred.
- a1325 Erf.Gloss.(Erf Amplon Q.351)160 : Planteine, i. wey-brod.
- ?a1350 Sln.5 Herb.Gloss.in Hunt Plant Names (Sln 5)160 : [Lingua Agnina:] gallice, plaunteigne; anglice, weybrede.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.20vb : The pety arthemesie is not lyk to þe grete, for it is depe grene, narw leues, ny or a finger lengthe, with leues smale & fewe .. & in middes rise vp many smale kempes with sedes in þe toppes lyk weybrede [Arun 42 (f.35v): as in plantayne].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)242a/b : Weybrode hatte plantago and is a colde herbe and hatte arnoglossa in grew, and is to menyng ‘þe lombes tonge’.
- c1400 To God (Wel 406)218 : Alle of þe herbys o Ierlonde, Here þow schalt ham knowe eueri onde…Waybred, lymyke, ditany & brisswort.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)50a/b : Plantago: weybrode [Cnt: waybrode].
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)59b : Playnteyn oþer waybrede is colde and dry in the þirde degre.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)520 : Weybrede [Win: Webrede], herbe: Plantago.
- c1450 Bod.483 Herbal (Bod 483)35/27 : Plantayne and weybrede…all ys one.
- a1500(?a1450) Treat.Garden.(Trin-C O.9.38)172 : Yn the moneth of Auerell Set & sow ham euerydell, Herbys to make bothe sawce & sewe…Of al the herbys of yrlonde Here þu schalt knowe meny…Weybrede, growdyswyly, elysauwder, & brysewort.
- a1500 Agnus Castus (LdMisc 553)199/12 : Plantago maior is an herbe þat me clepuþ plantayn or weybrode; þis herbe hath leues lich to oxeye bot hij buth lengour and also þis herbe hath hure leues growyng vpward and oxeye leues growith dounward crepyng bi þe grounde.
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)41/16 : Wið wunda hatuga cnuca webræde [OE wegbrædan] mid smerere butan sealte, leȝe on þa wunda.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)43/9-10 : Nime þanne webræden, don on win & sup þæt wos & ete þa webræden.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)9/32 : Nim…webrædan, and cnuca þa wurt togadere, and meng hecede þarto.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)53/9 : Nim weȝbrædan and cnuca hiȝ and wring þarof þæt wos and drinc.
- c1300 Add.15236 Recipes(1) (Add 15236)225.4 : Pur goute: Egremoyne, weybrede, musere…red-cowilcrop: De hiis et butiro de mayo fit optimum unguentum pro gutta.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)242a/b : Weybrede y-chiewid easeth and clensiþ swellynge gomes.
- a1400 Recipe MS Hal.in Rel.Ant.1 (Hal 335)53 : A gude oynment for kyles, woundes…and…goute: tak bugle…waybrede, lylly, henbane, and morell…wax, white pik…do al this thynges to-gyder in a panne.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)30/22 : Ane Emplastre: Recipe þe Iuyse of smalache or merch, wormode…waybrede, Mugworte, [etc.].
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)21/35 : Tak þe jewse of waybrede & mak it lewke & drynk it, for it is gude.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)230/4 : Take waye-brede and sethe hem as wortis and [yt] helyt þat syknes and hym þat ys lunatyk.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)239/6 : Take þe juce of weye-bred…and make a playstyr all a-bowte, and it wyll do a-waye þe eche and þe swelyng.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)98/17 : For hym þat may noȝt weell etin: Take centorye, weyebrede, and pepyr, and sethe it well in wyn and drynke it warm.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)132/14 : Take a pound…of veybrede.
- a1500 Cmb.Diseases Hawk (Cmb Ll.1.18)41 : To make salue for hawkes: Take…sauge…percell, and demi d. off waybrede.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)9/5 : Nym piper and sent-ryȝe and weybrede and seþ hit in wyn and drynke hit.
c
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)39/3,5,14 : Gif mannes heafod ace…nima weȝbrædan wyrtwalam & bindan him on swuran…Gif mannes wambe sor si nime weȝbrædan seaw…Gif man yyundod sy nim webræde sæd, gnit to duste & scead on ða wunde.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)43/5 : Wid muþes wunde nim webræde leaf & hire seaw, gnid, hafa þanne swiðe lange on þine muðe & et þane wyrtwalan.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)13/11 : Nim webradeleaf ar sunne upgange.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)141 : Ley aweybrode lef aboue þe bak syde toward þe sore.