Middle English Dictionary Entry
civẹ̄ n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | civẹ̄ n.(2) Also civey, cevy & (errors) cine(y, cene, sine. |
| Etymology | OF civé (from cive chive, onion). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. seu n.(1).
1.
A spicy sauce containing chives or onions.
Associated quotations
- ?a1300 Names Hare (Dgb 86)351/64 : Haue nou godnedai, sire hare..come to me ded, Oþer in ciue, oþer in bred! Amen!
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.93 : Harys in cmee [read: ciuee]..nym onyons and my[n]ce hem riȝt smal and fry hem in wyte gres; and grynd peper, bred and ale and the onions therto, and coloure it wyth safron.
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.109 : For to make a mallard in cyney [read: cyuey].
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.22 : Connynges in Cyuee.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.54 : Plays in Cynce [read: Cyuee].
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)14 : Conyng, Mawlard in gely or in cyuey.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)822 : Oysturs in Ceuy, oysturs in grauey, your helthe to renewe.
- a1500 Ld.Cook.Recipes (LdMisc 553)114 : Haddoke in Cyuee.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)54.52/1 : Nou we schullen suggen al abouten a seue of lamproun. Þe lamproun þe schalt..skalden wel..& soþen to þe fure; oygnons þou schalt..minsen & soþþen boillen in qwit wyn. Of speces þe schalt nymen peoper, gynger, [etc.].
Note: This quot. has already been taken under seu n.(1), sense (b): "..~ of laumproun, lamprey in onion sauce [cp. cive n.(2)]..."
- c1400 Sln.468 Cook.Recipes (Sln 468)84.9/1 : A tenche in syuee: Scalde þy tenche & atyre wel & boyle it, & tak þe same broth & myed bred & tempere it togedere, & tak good poudre of canel & of clowes & go to þe sewe & coloure it with safroun & salte it &..tak myced onyounnes & frye hem in oyle dolyf or vynegre or in wyn or in þe same broth & do hem in þat sewe & sesen it vp with vynegre or with eysel & after þat lat it no more boyle.
Note: New form: Also..sivẹ̄
Note: The form "sewe" in this quot. is seu n.(1) sense (b)., and not civẹ̄.
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section is incomplete and needs revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. Provisional revised form section (including supplement form): Also sivẹ̄ civey, cevy & (errors) cyney, cynce, cmee. Note that in the existing form section, the error forms cene, sine, sene are not found in any of the quots., while the form cmee was omitted. (?Perhaps it was the practice in the earlier volumes of the MED to not include quots. for all such forms.) Should it exist, the error form sene seems more likely an error for seu n.(1).--notes per MLL