cambre - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

cambre n.

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Entry Info

Forms	cambre n.
Etymology	AF caumbre; cp. CF chanvre.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. chanve.

1.

Hemp.

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Associated quotations

[ a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)414 : E de caumbre les cordeaus. ]
c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)67/10 : By-houes þe to gedir theis herbis..burnette..crope de cambre, fenell.

Supplemental Materials (draft)

a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)83/9 : For..venym..take þe mylke of a goote and sethe it with þe seede of chaune [read: chanue] and drynke it þre dayes.

Note: chanve n. has been deprecated and merged with this entry.

Note: Form section: cambre n. Also chanver, (error) chaune.

Note: Cp. thamur n.

Note: Etymology: [OF chanvre, chanve,AF chanver, caumbre.]--notes per REL

Supplemental Materials (draft)

a1325 Erf.Gloss.(Erf Amplon Q.351)158 : Canabi .i. chanuer.

Note: Quot. needed for form (which is included in REL's form section).