Middle English Dictionary Entry
brọ̄̆ther-wǒrt n.
Entry Info
| Forms | brọ̄̆ther-wǒrt n. Also -uurt, -worth, brothwort. |
| Etymology | OE brōþor-wyrt. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium); (b) wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum).
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)35 : Pulegium montanum: brotherwort.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)157a/b : Take..of persile, of pastnepe, of broþerwort [*Ch.(1): pulegi].
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)51 : Broderworth [Hrl 221: Brownworte], herbe: puleo [Hrl 221: puleo, pulium].
- a1500 Agnus Castus (LdMisc 553)198/36 : Pvlogium montanum is an herbe me cleputh puliole mountayn or hulwort oþer broþerwort.
b
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)31 : Calamiten, tymbra, serpillum, pulegium agreste idem. Ejus species sunt tres, s. siluestris cum foliis ozimo similibus atque subalbidis et ramis geniculatis uel angulosis cum flore purpureo, gallice puliol, anglice brotheruurt.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)120 : Montanum serpillum, timbra idem, crescit in girum et folia habet minuta. gall. puliole uel tymbre, angl. brothwort.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. Provisional revised form section: Also brotheruurt, broderworth & (?error) brothwort.--per MLL