Middle English Dictionary Entry
aizon, -os n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aizon, -os n. |
| Etymology | L aizoon, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sengreen, sedum.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)71.12/1 : Aizos..byð cenneð on waȝum, on staniȝum stowum, & on dunum.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)72.13/1 : Þeos wyrt, þe man aizon & oþrum naman singrenan nemneð. [a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab. 559: Aizon: sinfulle.]