Middle English Dictionary Entry
colia(u)ndre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | colia(u)ndre n. |
| Etymology | OF & ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. coria(u)ndre.
1.
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), the plant or its seed.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)14/10 : Nim betan ane handfulle..and coliandrone ane handfulle and cnuca eall togadere.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.31 : Take Colyandre, Caraway smale grounden..take loynes of Pork [etc.].
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.62 : Loseyns in Fyssh Day..messe it forth with colyandre in confyt rede.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)42/22 : Coriandrum agreste..facit flores..purpureos et raros..gall. et anglice coliaundre.
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.52r : Also col & colyaundre [Add 27329: coriandre] brayd togydere, & þanne barly mele & a lytel salt, al wel myxt togydere in þe brayng & leyd to, huge helpe for þe podagre & arthetica passio & þe festre & also swolhedys & bolþes, if it be leyd þerto.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ex.16.31 : The hows of Yrael clepide the name of it man, that was as the seed of coliaundre [WB(2): coriandre] white, and the taast of it as of tryed floure with hony.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)17b/b : Coriandrum: coliandre.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)8/2 : For kiles in þe eres: tak wormode & women mylke with þe jeuse of grene colyandre & do it in thyn eres.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)251/2 : Medel þe juce of colyaundre with bene-melle and playster yt hote to þe pockes.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)81 : Florisshed with colliander comfet.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.58vb : On the morn ther laye lyke dewe all aboute .. which whan they .. cam for to gadre it was smal & white lyke to Colyandre.
- a1500 Travel Instruc.(CotApp 8)281 : Anneys, coliaundre and suche other comfytes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)143/10 : Coliandrum is an herbe þat men clepe colyandre; þis herbe haȝt lewys lyk to þe erthenote.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)146/16 : Ciminium is an herbe þat men clepe comyn; þis herbe haȝt lewys lyk to colyaundre and it haȝt many braunches comynge out of on stalke.
Note: Additional quots.
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)111.60/9 : Florissh it [fried bread in syrup] with white coliaundre in confyt.
Note: New combination: "whit ~, coriander seeds, prob. powdered."
Note: Add boldfaced phrase and gloss (for quot. c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.): "grene ~, ?coriander leaves, cilantro; ?green coriander seeds."
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.--notes per MLL