Middle English Dictionary Entry
compost(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | compost(e n. |
| Etymology | OF; cp. F compote. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A mixture of stewed fruit and/or vegetables; a preserve; in compost, stewed or preserved; (b) a stew.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.49 : Compost. Take rote of persel, pasternak..rapes & caboches.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)87 : Peris in compost. Take Wyne, canell, Sugur..dates..pere Wardones..cast hem to the Syryppe..with Gynger..ley hem in clarefied hony.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)79 : Aftur mete..blawnderelles, pepyns, careawey in comfyte, Compostes ar like to þese.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)141 : Datys in composte.
b
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)59 : Le ij cours: Compost..Codlyng.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.18 : For to make a compost. Take þo chekyns and hew hom..chekyns þou put þerto, And þen of þe herbz..And tendurly seyth hit.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)111 : To mak composte tak chekins and..saige, parsly, lekes..and boille it.
- a1486(c1429) Menu Banquet Hen.VI in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)58 : Le iij Course: Compost..Venison rost, Egrettz.