Middle English Dictionary Entry
capar n.
Entry Info
| Forms | capar n. Also cappar(is, cap(p)eris, (error) carparis. |
| Etymology | L capparis, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The European caper Capparis spinosa; also the root bark of this shrub.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Eccl.12.5 : The erbe caperis [L capparis] shal be scatered.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)218b/b : Cassia lignea..is som tyme y feyned wiþ medlyng of þe rynde of capar [L corticis caparis], and is y knowe for it is somdel bitter of sauour.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)291/11 : Drie hem with fumygaciouns maad of..þe leeues & ryndis of capparis.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)128a/b : He haþ made heres blakke with þe roote of capperis.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)157a/b : Take..one parte of þe rynde of þe rote of capparis.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.172 : Now plaunte..letuce & capare [L capparis].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)5.94 : Cucumber now is sowe..cappare and leek.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)10.149 : Now carparis [BodAdd: cappares] ysowen is.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)294/958 : Ȝif hym the poudre of cappres to ete with hony; when cappres is sett in medecyns by hym selue, take þe rynd þerof.