Middle English Dictionary Entry
brīonīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | brīonīe n. Also brion(e, brian(e. |
| Etymology | ML & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The common bryony Bryonia dioica, or its root.
Associated quotations
- [ a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)26/23 : Brionia..cucurbita agrestis..gall. brione uel naue sauuage, anglice wildenep. ]
- [ a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)13 : Brionia: Wilde nepe. ]
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)214a/b : Amomum haþ..leues liche to brionia.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)219/9 : Þe rote of brionie.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)186a/b : Briane is a rote hote and drye in þe secounde degree wiþ repercussioun, clensynge, and wiþ maturynge.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)76/37 : [For an infected wound:] Of bryane a handfull.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)153/6 : Jwy..haȝt lewys lik an herbe men clepe bryan.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)104/22 : Take bryon, þat is þe wylde nepte, and make poudir þer-of, and ley it vp-on þe wounde.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)113/4 : Tak..i vnce of þe rote of briony.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)26/18 : Brione, þat ys þe wylde nepte.