Middle English Dictionary Entry
bobbe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bobbe n. Also bob, bobe. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A cluster (of fruit); (b) a twig with its leaves, a spray.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)131/4 : Vynes þat beres so grete bobbes of grapez.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)99/12 : Grete bobbis of grapes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)16a : A Bobe..Botrus..Bubastus..Vua.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)139/718 : A bob of cherys.
b
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)206 : In his on honde he hade a holyn bobbe, Þat is grattest in grene when greuez ar bare.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2852 : And bynde to þaire hors feete of bobis of herbis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4777 : A bad a berne of a bobb bring him a nappill.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2851 : Þe bowes & þe bobbez & braunches of bulesse & of lyndez.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. bob.