Middle English Dictionary Entry
calver adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | calver adj. Also calwar, kalver, salwar. |
| Etymology | OE cealer, calwer, cealfre pressed curds, jelly of curds. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of the flesh of salmon: interspersed with white flakes like curd.
Associated quotations
- (1342-3) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9938 : In j salmon Calver, 2 s. 1 d...In 3 salmon Kalver, 3 s.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.48 : Take calwar Samon and seeþ it in lewe water.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.75 : Take salwar Salmon ysode..& bray hem smal.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)469 : Take grave of pyke, and grave of congur, and of calver salmon, and put al into a panne.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)59 : Calvur [Win: caluar], as samoon or oþyr fysshe.