Middle English Dictionary Entry
carvī n.
Entry Info
| Forms | carvī n. Also kerva. |
| Etymology | OF; ult.Ar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. carewei.
1.
(a) The plant caraway (Carum carui); (b) caraway seed.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1400 in Camd.54333 fn. : Carui groweþ mykel in merys in þe feld, and in drye placys of gode erþe.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)p.141 : Carui is an herbe þat men clepe carawey.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)212/14 : Þou schalt cure it wiþ medicyns þat consumeþ wijnd..as of vsyng of comyn & carui [L carui].
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)31 : Careos uel carui semen est simile aniso, gall. et anglice carui.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)36a/a : Fecez of oilez of lilie, of alkanna, & of kerua [L cherua].
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)7/1 : Tak..comyn, annys, and caruy.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)124 : Contra lapidem..percely, saxyfrage, carui, smalache.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)68/7 : Take of reubarbe..carui, comyn.