Middle English Dictionary Entry
chever-foil n.
Entry Info
| Forms | chever-foil n. Also chevir-. |
| Etymology | OF chievre-fueil, chevre-foil. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. cer-foile n. and chervel n.
1.
(a) Honeysuckle; (b) identified with woodruff.
Associated quotations
a
- [ a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)142 : Caprifolium, gall. cheurefoil de haye, ae. honysocle. ]
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)86b : Capri folium. Wodebynde oþer cheuyrfoyle.
- c1430 Allas for thought (Cmb Gg.4.27)429 : Swettere than..cheuyrfoyl or hawethorn.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)227 : Yarw, sorel, cheuerfoyle.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)115/1 : Cheuirfoyle, clepyd wood-bynde.
b
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)67/12 : Cheuerfoille, id est wodrofe.