Middle English Dictionary Entry
cō̆rnī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | cō̆rnī adj. |
| Etymology | From corn . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Tasting strongly of malt; (b) granular; (c) glandular; (d) pustular.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.456 : Now haue I dronke a draghte of corny ale.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)59b/a : Noȝt granulous noþer corny [L granulosus].
c
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)11a/a : Corny [*Ch.(1): glandelous; L glandulosa] or knotty flesche..as þe flesche of ballokkes, of þe tetes.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)11b/b : Synowes beþ nouȝt I plaunted..to corny [*Ch.(1): glandelous; L glandulosas] flesche.
d
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk B (Hrl 2340)34b : A soueren medycyn for an hawke þat hase þe frownce þat aperis lyke Acorne..also loke þat þu clensyt euery day onys wyll it is corny.