Middle English Dictionary Entry
clōver n.
Entry Info
| Forms | clōver n. Also claver, cleavre, clevre. |
| Etymology | OE clāfre & clǣfre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
a
- ?c1125(?OE) Dur-C.Gloss.(Dur-C Hunter 100)125d : Crisio: cleaure.
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)556/33 : Trifolium: trifoil, wite clouere.
- a1325 Erf.Gloss.(Erf Amplon Q.351)162/34 : Clowere [below:] trefoilde.
- ?a1400 *Bod.HApul.(Bod 130)66a : Rede clauere.
- ?a1425 Alphita (Sln 284)186 : Trifolium quando simpliciter ponitur, an. dicitur cleure.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3241 : The close was..With clauer and clereworte clede euen ouer.
b
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)42 : Trifolium i. clavergresse, habens maculas in foliis. Mellelotum, idem.