Middle English Dictionary Entry
affodil n.
Entry Info
| Forms | affodil n. Also affadil, affedil. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A medicinal plant; ramson (Allium ursinum); ?also, other species of Allium; flour of ~, poudre of ~; (b) ?asphodel; (c) ?rhododaphne.
Associated quotations
a
- [ ?a1400 Adv.18.5.16 Gloss.(Adv 18.5.16)160 : Affodillus: ramese. ]
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)82/7 : An hory wounde shal be heelid..wiþ poudre of affodill.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)96/3 : Þe which vlcus..may be curid wiþ poudre of affadillis [Add: affedylle].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)115a/b : R[ecipe] radicis..affodillez [L affodillorum; *Ch.(2): of Ramsens].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)92a/b : Be it clensed wiþ vnguentum viride made..with þe powdre of affodille.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)183b/b : Pilotes of affodilles..Juse of affodilles.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)186a/b : Affodille i. wylde garlik. Þai ben rotes hote & drye in þe secounde degree, with clensynge and wiþ fretynge.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)6/12 : Þan take flour of affadill.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)180/562 : The decoccion of affodalis, þat is, ramson.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)184/579 : Take the rote of affodyll.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)123/22 : Affadille, whyche þat is clepyd gracia dei.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)322/618 : Þer arn lekys fywe..Garlec þe ton, lec þe toþer, Squirle[c] is þe grete broþer, Gracia dei þat growyth in mede, Affodylle þe fyfte schrede.
- a1500(?a1450) Treat.Garden.(Trin-C O.9.38)178 : Yn the moneth of Auerell Set & sow..Affodyll, redeuay, primrole.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)7 : Affodylle herbe [vr. Affadyl herbe]: Affodillus, albucea.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.1015 : Eek affadille [L asphodilum] and sauery there be sette.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)1a : Affadyll: herba Affadillus.
c
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.921 : With affadille [rododaphnes] vp close her holis alle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense (a)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. powder of affodill(s).