Middle English Dictionary Entry

cuscūte n.
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Entry Info

Forms cuscūte n.
Etymology OF & L

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
A plant of the genus Cuscuta; dodder.
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Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)134a/b : Ȝif þe pacient mowe not resceiue þes pillules, he schal take…þre ounce of prunes, cuscute, sene, epithim.
    • Note: Supplementary material.
    Note: Make existing gloss sense (a) and revise it to read: "Flax dodder (Cuscuta epilinum), a parasitic plant growing on flax; also flax dodder used medicinally or as a medicinal ingredient."
  • a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)154/2 : Rasta lini, angl. doder uel haynde. Respice in bruncus et in cuscute.
    • Note: Additional quot.
    Note: Belongs to sense (a).
    Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
  • a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)17 : Cuscute, i. podagra lini, doder.
    • Note: Additional quot.
    Note: Belongs to sense (a).
    Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
  • ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)160b/a : Medicinez euacuatiuez of melancoly Simple and Componed: Simple..Cuscuta i. doder.
    • Note: Additional quot.
    Note: Belongs to sense (a).
    Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
  • ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)175/9 : Þer is anoþer kende of flax þat is clepyd cuscuta; men clepe it dodur and it growith among flax; þis herbe dodur wyl makyn a man of fayre colour.
    • Note: Additional quot.
    Note: Belongs to sense (a).
    Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
  • ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)37b : Dodyr: Cuscuta.
    • Note: Postdates word.
    Note: Belongs to sense (a).
    Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
  • ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)194b/a : Cuscute, it is þe knoppe of lyn, & it schal be gaderid wiþ þe floures.
    • Note: New sense: (b). (See knop(pe n.(1), sense 2.(a).)
    Note: Gloss: (b) the seed-bearing capsule of the flax plant, a flax boll.
    Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
  • ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)115a/b : Cuscute [L cicute] i. doder cocte vnder.
    • Note: New sense: (c).
    Note: Gloss: = doder n. (b).
    Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.
Note: Form section: Also (Latinate) cuscuta.--all notes per MLL

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