Middle English Dictionary Entry
blite n.
Entry Info
| Forms | blite n. Also blete. |
| Etymology | L blitum & ML blēta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An herb; the garden beet.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)121a/a : Decoccioun of..bletez [*Ch.(2): betes; L bletarum].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)123b/b : With leuez of bletez [*Ch.(2): betes; L blete].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.291 : Now blite [L blitus] wol multiplie.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)200/641 : The Juyse of an erbe that is clepid blyte.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)83/2 : Þe iuwys of þe herbe þat ys clepyd bletes.