Middle English Dictionary Entry
cipre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cipre n. Also cipur. |
| Etymology | L cypros (from Gr.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- [ ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)124.111/2 : Meng mid þa ele of cypro. ]
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)16/1 : Nim þane hnesce wulle and dupe on ele, þe beo of cypressan..and smyre abutan þane swyran.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))SSol.1.13 : The clustre of cipre tree [L cypri] my lemman to me, in the vynes of Engaddy.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)217b/b : Þe cipre is a tree in Egipt liche to þe Olyue in leues..wiþ blak flour and white seede wiþ smel. And if þe seed is y sode oþer confecte wiþ oyle, out þerof is y wronge an oynement for kynges þat smelleþ wel and is most delicious, and is y cleped ciprus.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)14b/a : Ciparessus: a cipur tree.