Middle English Dictionary Entry
columbīne n.
Entry Info
| Forms | columbīne n. Also colombine, colibin, calombin. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The columbine Aquilegia vulgaris, or its flower; ~ sed; (b) a representation of it; ~ flour.
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 Ichot a burde in a (Hrl 2253)15 : Coynte ase columbine, such hire cunde ys..he is blosme opon bleo brihtest vnder bis.
- c1330(?c1300) St.Patr.Purg.(1) (Auch)p.108 : Fair were her erbers wiþ floures, rose and lili..eglentere, calombin.
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)111 : Columbyne [vrr. Colombyne, Colabyn].
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)43/4 : Columbina florem habet similis uiole..gall. et angl. columbine.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)644 : Columbina: colybyn.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)12a : Colombyne ys hote and drye on þe þerde degre; þer ben two maner, white and blewe in floures.
- (1436) EEWills106/24 : A stondynge cuppe gilt, shapp of a columbyn.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)145/10 : Columbina..columbyne or cokkysfot or dowuesfot..it haȝt a blew colour þat is lyk to a douue..it is good for a man þat hatȝ swensye or swellynge in þe throte.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)204/12 : For a sore throte..drynke ofte columbyne sede.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)200 : Pur lez erewygges..þe jus of þe columbyne.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)113/14 : For þe quinsy. Take sede of columbyn..dryng it with stale ale.
b
- (1415) Will in Bdf.HRS 228 : A gilt pot..y graue wt a pale of columbyne.
- (1442) Doc.in Nicholl Ironmongers527 : The grete gilte cuppe, wth the blewe columbyne in the topp of the cover.
- (1459) Paston (Gairdner)3.169 : vj gobelettes wele gilt, with j columbyne floure.
2.
?The vervain Verbena officinalis.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)142/12 : Peristeron..uerbena, recia, columbina uel columbaria idem..gall. et ae. columbyne.