Middle English Dictionary Entry
clōve n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | clōve n.(1) Also clof, clowe. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE clufu clove & OS cluf-lōc, OHG klovo-louh garlic. The MnE vowel presupposes ME open ō (from OE short o). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A bulbil or clove, esp. of garlic; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3644 : Bodi & soule, no nouȝt þer-of No is nouȝt worþ a lekes clof.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)215a/b : Þe stalk and þe spire of garlek springeþ out of þe oone ende of þe cloue, and þe spire of þe lily springeþ out of þe syde of þe cloue.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)221a/a : Þe onyoun haþ..a roote biclipped wiþ many cloues.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)3/20 : Take a cloue of garleke and stampe it wele.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)108/27 : To etyn a clowe of garlek.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)87 : Clove of garlek or oder lyke: Clostula.
b
- (1275) Hundred R.Tower 1318b : Alexander Cloflek.
- (1307) Cart.Ramsey in RS 79.1409 : Radulfus Cloveleyke.