spece (s.xiii1)

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

spece (s.xiii1)

[gdw]

[FEW: 12,155a species; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  espece (*); DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  spece n. / spice n.; MED:  spice n.1; DMLBS: 3146c species /3156b spica 2]
spice; 
pl. spicis  

s.

1culin. condim.spice, aromatic vegetable condiment
( s.xiii1; MS: c.1300 ) une fonteine ke semble kaunt home en beyt est tempré de tutes lé bones speces de le mund  190.B200
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 ) Maces, quibibz, clowes goloffrés Et des autres spices assez  (O) 340ra
( 1381 ) gingibre, poudre, canel, saphron et autres diverses spicis despenduz en nostre oeps pur nostre demoere en Escoce  i 209.643
2pharm.med.medicinal substance, drug
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 ) (writing in verse) hum ne pot pas de medecine [...] parler Et les speces acunter  42
espece  specer  specerie  spicedisshe  spiceplate  spicetowaill 
This is an AND2 Phase 5 (R-S) entry. © 2018-21 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
spece