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GLOSSARY (LH only)

(Items from rubrics are numbered according to the following receipt)

abomeure s. 52 ? distress

aerdre v.refl. 129 to stick to, adhere to

aguillie s. 131 needle

ain s. 92 board, plank

amologier v.a. 53 to soften

arain, erain s. 81, 90 brass, bronze

aronde s. 179, 180 swallow

arondel s. 180 young swallow

aumuce s. 75 hood

avertin(e s. 70, 132 vertigo

avoutre a. 61 spurious (?)

barbiz s. 244 ewe

benoi(e)(s)t a. 55, 143, 179, 265 blessed

boce 29,53,20 spot, lump, boil

boiste, boitie, boite s. 60, 74, 77, 82, 140, 147, 160, 164, 171, 173, 245, 295 box

bonne chose s. 130 a complaint of the eye

bouler v.a. 26 to boil

boulonner v.i. [urines section] to boil, bubble up

bruns s. 130 a complaint of the eye

broier v.a. 17, 28, 29, 32 etc. to pound

buleter v.a. 57 to sieve, bolt

cervel(e s. 55, 99, 129 brain

chacie, cachie s. 78, 80, 94 matter, rheum (in the eye)

chaline s. 54 heat

chancre s. 30, 33, 191, 192, 193 canker

charnu a. [urines section] containing fleshy particles?

chasse s. 57 snail-shell

chaudel s. 133 caudle

chauz s. 136 a syrup

clez (?) s.pl. pref. ?

clo(x s. 29 ulcer, spot, pustule

colouvre s. 230 snake (pel de) 148 snake’s skin

cone s. 131 corner

cornil(l)(i)at s. 143,265 crow chick

costivoison, coistiveeson s. 177, 182 constipation

cuiçon s. 215 cautery

cuilleree s. 48, 52, 122, 128, 136, 137, 164, 171, 176, 177, 221 spoonful

cuiret s. 39 strip of leather

den(i)er s. denarius (weight, coin) 57, 122, 133, 166, 167, 186

desecher v.a. 48 to dry

dragme s. 313, 313(a) drachma, weight

dragme s. 131 a medical complaint of the eye

drapel s. 42 cloth

enfermeté s. 252 malady

enfiguré a. [urines section] ? see note 5 above, p. 42

enfleure s. 50, 77, 112 swelling

enfunture s. 262 a disease

enginné p.p. 44 fitted (with)

engroté p.p. as a. 326 ailing

enroueure (ms enc’neure) s. 53 hoarseness

entonneur s. 44 pourer, funnel

envenené, envenimé p.p. 49 poisoned

eschale s. 133 (egg-)shell

esclarcir v.a. 48 to clear

escla(i)rer v.i. 83, 86 to become clear

escoillier v.a. to castrate

escopir v.i. 174 to spit

escorgier v.a. 134 to skin

escuelle s. 44, 338 bowl

espesser v.a. 299 to fatten up ?

104

espurgier v.a. 48 to purge

esteindre v.a. 25 to plunge (into water)

estoblissement s. 78 error for esbloissement?

estoper v.a. 306 to block, stop

esto(u)pe(s, st(o)upe 27, 42, 94, 124, 146, 192, 310 fibres of tow

estoupement (du piz) 23 blockage

estranguelon s. 336 strangles (cf. strangullion), equine disease leading to inflamed swellings in throat

estuier v.i. 306 to be reserved

estuve s. 312, 323, 337 steam bath

esvertine s. 133 vertigo

felon [for mal felun?] s. 205? sore

fenne s. 147 woman

ferré p.p. vin f. 40 mulled wine

fi s. 35, 38, 190 ficus, tumour

fiefre s. 275 fever

firgier v.a. 320 to perform coitus with

fievre quartaine s. [urines section] quartan fever

flestre [or fieste?] s. 31 sore, fistula

fleurs s. 256 menstruation, menses

fondement s. 18 anus

fontaine s. 67 ? fontanel, hollow between two muscles in nape of neck

forcel(l)e s. 40, 50, 307 midriff, thorax, abdomen, collar-bone

fornel s. 58 stove, oven

foenel s. 180 young (of a creature)

frenoisie s. 264 frenzy

froier v.a. 60 to rub

fruge s 313, 313a ?

fume s. 92 smoke, vapour

fumea s. 91 smoke, vapour

gencives s.pl. 42 gums

genvre a. 225, 265, 267, 310 young

gleire, glaire s. 173 mucus

gostacre s. 34?

goute, gote s. 44, 96, 136, 138, 140 ~ chaude 141, 145 ~ dragme 130, 131 (as ieuz) ~ esvertine 129, 132 ~ fetre 142 ~ feste 318 ~ froide 147 ~ maille 130 ~ migraine 129, 130, 131 ~ rancle 319 ~ sarraine 129, 131 “gutta serena’

gratesie s. 244 ? itch

guinple s. 57 wimple

halabrem s. 130 complaint of the eye

haterel s. 67 nape of neck

henapee, ennapee s. 48, 238, 314 goblet

huvet s. 48 uvula

jote s. 283 soup or pottage

joe s. 95 jaw

lectueire s. 171 electuary

lente s. 242 nit, louse

lentille s. 158 freckle, facial spot

machier v.a. 84 to chew

maille, maaille s. 87, 95, 97, 98, 130 macula

mameles, memmeles s.pl. 33, 292 breasts

mareage s. 204 marriage

marriz s. [urines section] womb

mauele s. 27, 29? tumour, sore

menjue, mengue s. 54, 78 itch, irritation

menoison s. [urines section], 15, 186, 310 diarrhoea

narilles, narrilles, nasrilles s. 1, 5, 6, 7, 102 nose, nostrils

narres s.pl. 99 nostrils

nature s. 255, 269 vulva

nesance s. pref. vulva

nonbril, nombril s. 39, 258 navel

nuet s. 136 night

oniement adv. 32, 34, 44, 56, 58 evenly, equally

ouile s. 62 oil

paielle s. 82 pan

paraletique a. 137 type of gout

pastel, pasteau, pasteau, pausteau, pateau s. 39, 81, 111, 209 pulp, poultice

Pater Noster 220 Lord’s Prayer

penis s. 134 pubis

pepin s. 310 pip, seed

perc(i)é p.p. 44, 338 perforated

pers a. [urines section] livid

pertuis, partuis s. 44, 141, 204, 286, 318 hole

peus, peuuis s.pl. 60, 61 hairs

peus s.pl. 327 lice

piace s. 227?

piece s. 32 breast, chest

piz s. 50, 160, 164, 307 breast, chest

plage s. 47, 195 wound

plon s. 133 lead

105

poez s.pl. 242 lice

poignie, poignee s. 48, 64, 82, 140, 145, 174, 314 handful, fistful

poil s. 60 hair

pori p.p. 43 rotten

postume s. 29 sore, ulcer, abscess

pouacre s. 143 gout

puir v.i. [urines section] to stink

puor s. 99 stench

purnele, prunel(l)e s.130, 131

quarteron s. 17, 65, 134, 136, 137, 147 quarter of a pound (weight)

quievre s. 147 copper

ra(a)ncle, raoncle, raencle, roncle s. 53, 201, 203, 211, 279, 285, 317, 319 tumour, boil, festering sore

rasçure s. 107 shaving

recuirer v.a. 192 ?

redrecier v.a. 48 to make erect

renglé p.p. 25?

rere, raere v.a. 11 to shave ; 184 to scrape

reume s. 53 rheum

re(s)ver v. i. 252, 254 to rave, become delirious

roel(l)e s. 37, 130 round slice

roigne s. 244 scabies, ; scabby, irritating skin condition

saaz s. 147, 313 sieve

saignie s. 92, 115 bleeding, phlebotomy

sain s. 17 fat, grease

s[a]inner v.i. 91 to weep (of eyes)

sol s. 140 coin, “sou”

sorcil s. 81 eyebrow

sordece s. 45 deafness

sour[s]ané p.p. 298 closed ; or retain “sourané” more than a year old?

stouper v.a. 265 to stop, plug

taie s. 95, 96, 98 “web” or cataract in the eye, leucoma

tendron (de l’oreille) s. 95 fleshy part of the ear

test s. 44 shell

tieule, tiele, tuille s. 23, 44, 165, 312, 323, 324, 338 tile

torcer v.a. 53, 62 to wring

tortel 16, 138, 185 a round cake

tous, touz s. [urines section], 24 cough

tout 29 pr.ind.3 of tolir to take away

trenchoisons s.pl. 39 colic

triacle s. 169 antidote, treacle, theriac

tuel s. 44, 310 pipe, funnel

uis s. 87 eye

vaine, v. coral 324 coronary artery v. du foie 277 mestre v. de la temple 111, 130 des temples 130

veine, v. capital 4, 69, 92, 115 cephalic vein

uerdet a. 131 greenish

vez a. pl. 225 old

ventosité s. 25 flatulence

ventrail s. [urines section], 39, 283 stomach, belly, guts

ver(s s. 46, 116, 119, 179, 181, 204 worm v. de terre (ou de pré) 145, 204 earthworm

verole s. 51 smallpox

vete s. 152 see note 95

vomite s. 172, 173 vomiting

ache 115, 232, 235, 239, 259, 270, 271, 273, 279, 295 semence d’a. 163, 164, 278, 300, 308, 314, 317, 323, 324 (aiche), 326 smallage, wild celery (Apium graveolens L.)

acier 25 steel

agremonie, aigremoine, egremoine 270, 56, 73, 246, 317 agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria L.)

airement 57 oak gall

albun, aubun d’uef 22, 80, 90, 93, 133, 156, 201, 279 white of egg

alemande 310 almond

alisne, al(l)uisne, aliene, aluine, aleine 28, 48, 54, 102, 118, 122, 203, 314, 324 wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.)

106

alixandre 239 alexanders, horse parsley (Smyrnium olusatrum L.)

aloen epatique [ms a. et pastique] 175, 190 aloes (Aloë L. ssp.)

alun 42 a variety of astringents incl. powdered alum, aluminium potassium sulphate

amar(r)oce 190, 280 stinking camomile, mayweed (Anthemis cotula L.)

ameos 313 var. umbelliferae incl. goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria L.) and bishopsweed (Ammi majus L.)

andre 169, 239, 279 ? betony (Betonica officinalis L.)

anis 40, 164, 168, 313 anise (Pimpinella anisum L.)

antrerus 30 middle bark, cambial layer, cortex mediana

aquilee 35 columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris L.)

argent vif 315 quicksilver

argille 303 clay

aromata sarrazinois 134 a medicament

arrement 32, 34, 80, 111 oak gall ; iron / copper sulphate

aubespine 321 hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna L.)

aune 86, 231 elecampane (Inula helenium L.)

aus s. pl. 196, 236, 339 garlic (Allium sativum L.)

avoine 52 oats

avrone 65, 71 southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum L.)

baie 64, 96, 156, 162, 211, 214 bay (Laurus nobilis L.)

baie de lorer 57 berry of bay

basilique 313 snake-root (Polygonum bistorta L.) or dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris Short)

belle s. 273 ?

bete noire 124 black beet

betoine 56 betony (Betonica vulgaris L.)

borreches, borraches 314, 314a borage (Borago officinalis L.)

bouc 299 male goat fiente de b. 281 fiens de b. 319

bouterel 191 toad

breche s. ~ de miel 146, 311 honeycomb

bren (de froment) 50 wheat bran

bruiere 56 briar

bugle 195, 270, 317 bugle (Ajuga reptans L.)

burre (48), 53, 74, 77, 239, 268, 295, 339 butter b. de may 245, 317 unsalted butter

buef (sief de) 77 ox grease

cachame / cathaine (?) 314a

cal[ament] 263 calamint?

calame(nt) aromatic 314, 314a calamint (Calamintha L. ssp.)

calemine 57 calamine

calsistinea (?) 314 calsiamea 314a?

camedreos 147 wall germander (Teucrium chamaedrys L.)

canel(l)e 285, 313, 323 cinnamon

caparis 314 honeysuckle (Lonicera caprifolium L. / periclymenon L.)

capilli rigre (?) 147

cardemone 313 cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton)

castor 135 beaver

catapuces 147 caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyrus L.) or spurge laurel (Daphne laureola L.)

celoine, celonie 58, 74, 119, 271, 318 greater celandine (Chelidonium majus L.)

centoire 171, 199, 229, 323 c. la grant 147 centaury (Centaurium erythraea Rafn)

cerf, gresse de ~ 75 moele de ~ 149 sief de ~ 134 stag grease

cerfueil, cerfoil, cerfiel, cerfouil, cerfeuil 8, 69, 103, 108, 166, 194, 242, 244, 264, 281, 308, 318 chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium L.)

cerise (noel de) 240 cherry

cerisier (tendron de) 256 cherry tree (shoot of)

cervois(s)e 50, 154, 161, 165, 171, 181, 188, 195, 200, 210, 211, 213, 244, 270, 305, 322 c. de blé 214, 251 beer

channet 210 ? cudweed (Filago germanica (L.) L.) or mouse-ear hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella L.)

chanve, chaunvre 27, 31, 270 chaneveus 200 hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) or hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum L.)

charbon 114, 310 coal

chaton, cathon 134 kitten

chatri(s wether fiel de ~ 273 sief de ~ 281, 285, 319

107

chaus vive 60 quicklime

chauve soriz 60 bat

chene (boce de) 322 oak-gall

chene(r)ve 169, 180 hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) or hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum L.)

chenilee 44, 56, 109, 225 henbane (Hyoscyamus niger L.)

chievre 87, 122 crotes de ~ 174 fiel de ~ 193 goat

chievrefeil 177 honeysuckle (Lonicera caprifolium L. / periclymenon L.)

cho(u) (rouge) 144, 197, 200, 202, 337 trous de ~ 234 stump of cabbage

chole (rouge) 81 cabbage

chollet 261 cabbage

ciperon 314? sweet cyperus, galingale (Cyperus longus L.)

cire 77, 147, 292, 295 ~ virge 17, 44, 134, 140, 243, 288, 317 ~ novelle 147 wax

citoual, citouat 26, 313, 337 setwall (Curcuma zedoaria Rosc.)

clava? lace, clave lece 77, 295?

clo s. 291 clove

cocorde 314 gourd, pumpkin

coin 310 quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.)

coingnier 312 quince tree

colon (fiens de) 285, 292 dove (droppings of)

columbine 35 columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris L.)

co(u)m(m)in 39, 283, 308 (Cuminum cyminum L.)

comminee 184 dish flavoured with cumin

conchanu 41 fumitory (Fumaria officinalis L.)1

confi(e)re 270, 284, 317 comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.)

conso(u)de 263, 270, 284, 317 comfrey (Sympytum officinale L.) ~ menue 264 daisy (Bellis perennis L.) ~ real 264

copier(r)e 263, 264, 314 liverwort (Anemone hepatica L. or Marchantia polymorpha L.)

corbel 267 crow

coriandre 313 coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.)

corne de cerf 11, 107, 181a, 257 stag’s horn

cornil(l)(i)at s. 143, 265 crow chick

cres(s)on 144, 186, 239 (Nasturtium officinale L.) ~ de fontaine 77, 140, 295, 318 water cress (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum)

crevillee 224 ?

cristal 249 crystal

crotes des berbiz 250 sheep droppings

cubebes 313 cubeb, berry of Cubeba officinalis L.

çucre 304 ~ rosat 277 sugar roset (i.e. made with roses) ~ d’Alixandre 314 sugar of Alexandria

currage 255 culrage (Polygonum hydropiper L.)

cuscute 60 dodder (Cuscuta L. ssp.)

date de vache 286 cow’s urine

diapenidion 222 medicament made with barley-sugar AN232

diauté 136 medicament made with marshmallow AN133

dientos 314 medicament made with rosemary AN15

dragrance 293 adderwort (Polygonum bistorta L.) or dragom arum (Dracunculus vulgaris Schott)

dyagrangant 322 medicament made with gum tragacanth AN27

efrase, eufrase 82, 130 eyebright (Eufrasia officinalis L.)

e(s)glentier 19, 139, 213, 225 eglantine, dog rose, hawthorn

elgamon 339?

encens 42, 44, 92, 134 incense blanc ~ 130, 309, 317

enter(r)u 312, 321 middle bark, cambial layer, cortex mediana

erbe Robert 263, 264 herb Robert (Geranium robertianum L.)

1 2

108

ere [ms. erbe ; herbe] terrestre 4, 6 (Glechoma hederacea L.) ground ivy

erre 19 ivy (Hedera helix L.)

espergote 264 ?

espigranat, epigranat 314, 314a ?

eue rose 59 rose water

euf, uef 254, 283 egg

euforbe 133, 147 spurge (Euphorbium L.)

exillo bassamum 313 fragrant wood of balsam (Commophora opobalsamum (Kunth) Engler)

fame s. 154?

fanoil, fonoil, fenuil, fenoil 56, 58, 76, 90, 119, 163, 173, 239, 308, 314, 322, 334, 335 fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Miller)

farine 48 flour

fee de porc 306 pig’s liver

fer (limeure de) 313 iron filings

feuchiere, feugierre 30, 315 fern

feve 48 bean feves freschies 310 split beans

fiacre 36? “herbe seinte Fiacre” cuckoopint (Arum maculatum L.)? [see Hunt, Popular Medicine, p. 322, no.75 and p. 384, n.54]

fiel de la soriz 46 mouse’s gall

fiens de brebis 33 sheep dung fiante d’omme 98 human dung

figue 136 fig

formi (oes de) 60 ant (eggs)

fou (fielle de) 104 beech (Fagus L.)

fougerole de chesne 183 oak-ferm (Thelypteris dryopteris (L.) Slosson)

frasier 15, 187, 317 strawberry plant

fregon 239 butcher’s broom (Ruscus aculeatus L.)

fro(u)ment, forment 57, 89, 133, 185, 201, 259 wheat

froumage 311 cheese

fruge 313?

fumiterre 244 fumitory (Fumaria officinalis L.)

garence, guar(r)ence 167, 200, 270, 312, 314 madder (Rubia tinctorum L.)

garingal 313 galingale (Cyperus longus L.)

gaude 154 woad or dyer’s rocket (Isatis tinctoria L. / reseda luteola L.)

geline 184, 283 (uef, euf de) 82, 102,1 92 gresse de g. 283

geneivre, genovre 253, 282 juniper (Juniperus communis L.)

geralogodion 278, 326 bitter medicine containing aloes AN141

gigembre, gigimbre, ginginbre, gyngebre, gygembre, yyngembre 26, 57, 97, 136, 212, 222, 223, 282, 313 ginger

girofle, gyrofle 313, 323, 326 cloves or clove pink or avens

glutunere (racine), gleton(i)er 51, 213, 278, 322 burdock (Arctium lappa L.) or cleavers (Galium aparine L. / palustre L.)

grains de paradis 313 cardamon

grainne 40

gromil 239 common gromwell (Lithospermum officinale L.)

grosse s. 121?

guimauve, gimauve 29, 312, 314 marshmallow (Althaea officinalis L.)

hautemore 137 ?

heriçon 61 hedgehog

hermoisse 207 mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris L.)

(h)(i)eble, yeble 14, 16, 120, 122, 127, 128, 138, 251, 266, 324 dwarf elder, danewort (Sambucus ebulus L.)

huile, ouile (48), 60 huille de noiz 147 o. d’olive 62, 121, 242

ireos 147 (rhizome of) Florentine iris (Iris florentina L.)

ierre, yerre 75, 88, 125, 285, 339 ~ des arbres 209 ~ rouge 18, 208 ivy (Hedera helix L.) (i)er(r)e terrestre 2, 4, 6, 64, 66, 69, 71, 100, 216, 324 ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea L.)

isobe, isope 77, 306 hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.)

ive la grant 147 buck’s-horn plantain (Plantago coronopus L.)

jars 134, 140 fiente de j. 196 gander

j(o)ubarbe 93, 115, 225, 264, 273 houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum L.)

laine (de la noire berbiz) 286 wool

lancelee 139, 142, 264, 317 ribwort (Plantago lanceolata L.)

109

larce membe 316 ?

lart 160, 184, 306, 330 fat

lauceron, laceron 111 Cotgrave “Laceron:m. The Sow-thistle, Hares-thistle, Hares Colewort”.

lavande 141 see note

lavrende 141 see note

le(i)tue, lectue 228, 244, 264, 314 lettuce

lemeure de or s. 313 gold filings

lessive 60 lye

let 21, (48), 249, 331 milk l~ d’aneisse 166 l~ de blanche chievre 328 l~ de chievre 87, 122, 166, 169, 310 ~ de (la) feme) 93, 217, 219, 329 ~ megre de vache ou de barbiz 244

lievre hare foie de ~ 3 hare’s liver fiel de ~ 67 hare’s gall

limaçon 53, 57, 60, 79 (rouge) snail

limeure de fer s. 313 iron filings

lin 283 (semence de) 150, 182 linseed, flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)

linuis, linuez 62, 283 linseed, flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)

lis 157, 332 lily

livesche 157, 168, 239, 271 luves[che] 282 lovage (Levisticum officinale Koch)

liz 29 lily

lorier 2, 312 bai de l. 57 fuille de l. 227, 338 graine de l. 64 uile de laurin s.60 laurel, bay (Laurus nobilis L.)

mar(r)o(u)ge 161, 170, 172 horehound (Marrubium vulgare L.)

marrube blanc 24 white horehound (Marrubium vulgare L.)

marrul, ma(r)roil 48, 49, 283, 296, 305, 306 m. blanc 160, 322, 324 white horehound (Marrubium vulgare L.) roge m. 323

mastic 130, 313 mastic, resin of Pistacia lentiscus L.

matefelon 319 knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa L. / Centaurea jacea / nigra L.)

mauve 235, 337 mallow (Althaea officinalis L. / Malva L. ssp.)

melen 314 ?

menta(s)tre 13, 117, 338 horsemint (Mentha sylvestris L.)

mente 5, 12, 21, 45, 99, 116, 283 mint (Mentha L. ssp.)

miel 3, 7, 34, 39, 42, 48, 51, 61, 67, 68, 72, 73, 75, 80, 83, 96, 101, 102, 128, 146, 150, 162, 171, 173, 193, 198, 203, 234, 245, 273, 274, 292, 305, 318 breche de ~ 146, 311 honeycomb)

mirfueil, mirfeuil 15, 185, 187, 280, 290 yarrow (Achillea millefolium L.)

mollainne 322 mullein (Verbascum thapsus L.)

momie 130 mummy

mor(r)el(l)e 75, 115, 177, 178, 206, 214, 223, 225, 314, 319, 325 nightshade (Solanum nigrum L. / Atropa bella-donna L.)

mouchie 311 bee

neel(l)e 225, 273 black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) or corn cockle (Agrostemma githago L.) or darnel (Lolium temulentum L.)

noel s. ~ de la cerise 240 cherry stone

noier 111 walnut tree

noire espine 312, 327 blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.)

noiz (oille de) 125 walnut oil

noiz muscate 313 nutmeg

oie 134 goose

oignon 37, 121 (rouge), 140 onion

oint 28, 29, 152, 170, 245, 246, 262, 284, 295 fat o. de chat 140 o. de porc 17, 298

olebore (sic) le blanc 147 white hellebore (Veratrum album L.), le noir 147 black hellebore (Helleborus niger L.)

ol(l)ive)4, 242 olive jus de l’~ 69 ; ouile d” ~62 oille d’ollive 88, 121, 134 olive(-oil)

or (lemeure de) 313 gold filings

organon 147? marjoram, pennyroyal or wild thyme

orge (farine d’) 75, 174 barley-flour

origane, organe 323, 338 wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare L.)

orpiment 60 yellow arsenic trisulphide, also red arsenic sulphide, realgar [auripigmentum] o. citrin 80

ortie griesche 64 rouge o. 178, 325 nettle (Lamium L. ssp./ Urtica L. ssp.)

110

orties (semence de) 63 blanc o. 77, 295

os de la seche 57, 98 cuttlefish bone

ouf 217, 219, 336 egg ~ moul cuit 217 soft boiled egg

oumonde, osmunde, ossumunde 52, 284, 317 royal fern (Osmunda regalis L.) or polypody (Polypodium vulgare L.)

pain blanc (mie de froment) 259 bread, wheat bread

parelle 139, 327 rouge parelle 53, 245 dock (Rumex L. ssp.)

parchemin, perchemin 22, 130 parchment

pas de cheval 23 colt’s-foot (Tussilago farfara L.)

peche (noel de) 240 peach(-stone)

pein (blanc) 283 white bread

peleinne 189 corr. peletre? (pellitory)

per(r)esil 17, 115, 235, 237, 239, 308, 314 parsley (Petroselinum crispum (Nyman) Miller)

pervenche, parvanche, provemche, provenche 302, 317, 324, 338 periwinkle (Vinca major L. / Vinca minor L.)

piace s. 221 ?

pié de colun 264 (dove’s-foot) cranesbill (Geranium L. ssp. esp. Geranium molle L.)

pigle 317 greater stitchwort (Stellaria holostea L.)

pigranat 314a ?

pigre 195 greater stitchwort (Stellaria holostea L.)

pigrel alexandriz (?) 147 ?

pin (fuilles) 176 pine (leaves)

pinpernele, pinpenelle 4, 69, 317 scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis L.) or “burnet saxifrage” (Pimpinella saxifraga L.)

piretre 64, 84, 96 pellitory (Anacyclus pyrethrum DC) or pellitory-of-the-wall (Parietaria diffusa Mert. & Koch)

pionie 176, 271, 327 peony?

plant(a)in(e, plantain, plantin 15, 122, 139, 166, 178, 187, 205, 220, 244, 260, 264, 270, 307, 309, 310, 312, 317 great plantain (Plantago major L.)

poivre 48, 57, 106, 122, 127, 164, 172, 176, 289, 295, 313 pepper

poiz, peiz, pois 147, 243, 288 pitch ~ roisine, raisine 17, 130, 134 pitch-resin, poultice

po(u)l(l)iol: 1, 8, 9 (poulieul) ; 70 (polliout) ; 103, 105, 172, 178, 238, 277, 325 (po(u)l(l)iol) p. real 338 pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.) or wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum L.)

polion 69 ? fleawort, germander

politricon 159, 314 maidenhair-fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris L.) or maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes L.)

polliout 70 pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.) or wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum L.)

poriax s.pl. 44 leeks (Allium porrum L.)

poulieul 1, 8, 9 pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.) or wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum L.)

primerole 113 cowslip (Primula veris L.)

prunele dé bois 165 sloe (Prunus spinosa L.}

quenele 147 cinnamon

quintefuille 294, 317 cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans L.)

rafle 31, 37, 38, 339 (horse-)radish

requelice, recalice 136, 313, 323 liquorice

rigauz 36 = “fiacre” (see above) rigaut? = “une racine” 157 (cf. “riagas”, “reagal” = aconite) Cf. f.35vb “de rigal .iii. onces”.

ronses, ronce 101, 225, 317 briar, bramble, thorn

rose 7, 58, 289, 332 rose

rosee de may 153 May dew

roset 179 pink

rosse 141 see note

rue 2, 5, 54, 58, 61, 64, 68, 72, 76, 99, 122, 123, 127, 181, 230, 242, 252, 253, 268, 271, 296, 306, 338 rue (Ruta graveolens L.)

safren 269, 313 saffron (Crocus sativus L.) or bastard saffron (Carthamus tinctyorius L.)

sain 283 fat ~ de geline 82, 159 ~ de lievre 158 ~ de porc 82, 83, 128, 140, 156, 182, 239 ~ de lart 198

saire 77 corr. sarie savory?

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sanc ~ de bouc 299 ~ de cheval 258 ~~ de torel 60 ~ de chauve soriz 60 ~ de limaçon 60 ~ de porc rous 299 ~ de raine 60 frog ~ de dragon 130 red gum or resin

sanicle 195 sanicle (Sanicula europaea L.)

sarie, sarree 295, 338 savory (Satureia hortensis L. / montana L.)

sarrasine 139 aristolochia ; Cotgrave “Sarrasine:f. The hearbe Heartwort, or Birthwort ; also Sarasines Consound, or Comfrey”.

sauge 71, 122, 126, 127, 322 sage (Salvia officinalis L.)

saugemme 98 rock-salt

sauqueque 139 marigold (solsequium: Calendula officinalis L.)

sausefrege 327 saxifrage (Saxifraga L. ssp.)

sauz 139, 224 willow (Salix L. ssp.)

savine 56, 97, 271 savin (Juniperus sabina L.)

savinier 176 savin (tree or shrub)

scoure osconse 207 see note ; attested, but unidentified, plant

segle, seigle, seille, soygle 16, 138, 142, 198, 273, 279 rye

sel, seil 57, 72, 77, 88, 111, 235, 264, 295, 301, 307, 337 salt

sené 147 mustard

seneçon 298 groundsel (Senecio vulgaris L.)

senevel 147 mustard

senicle 210, 270, 317 sanicle (Sanicula europaea L.)

serment, sarment (de vigne) 114 cendre de ~ 60 shoot, tendril

sethoine 20 see note

seu, sau 111, 118, 127, 338 elder (Sambucus nigra L.)

seurmontain 40 sermountain (Siler montanum Crantz)

sief 156 grease

simac 276 sumach (Rhus coriaria L.)

simphonie 166 hellebore (Helleborus L. ssp.)

souffre 284 sulphur

spurge (semence de) 297 spurge (Euphorbia L. ssp.)

suie 196 soot

surdoches 261 sorrel (Rumex acetosa L.) or wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella L.)

tacioton 285 ? a medicament

tan 248 tan, crushed bark esp. of oak

tenaisie, teneisie 200, 203, 210, 238 tansy (Chrysanthemum vulgare L.)

tenche 55 tench

tendrun de la vigne 152 vine tendril

terre du four 237 earth from the oven

terre du ni des arondes 241 earth from swallow’s nest

test de oef 32 eggshell

titimel 155 spurge (Euphorbia L. ssp.) Cotgrave lists 15 varieties

tor (vit de) 320 pizzle of bull

triefle, treffle 71, 317 clover (Trifolium L. ssp.)

trifeuil, trifeil 130, 317 clover (Trifolium L. ssp.)

trous s. ~ de chou 234 stump of cabbage

urine, orine 230, 329 urine u. d’enfant virge 47 o. de fame 166 o. de mastin 60

vaus villes 147 ?

verre, voire (poudre de) 98, 318 glass

vert de griz 318 verdigris

vervaine, verveine, vervoine 58, 122, 151, 279, 317 vervain (Verbena officinalis L.)

vesse de lou 262, 315 puffball Cotgrave has: “Vesse de loup. The dustie or smokie toadstole, called a Fusse-ball, Pucke-fusse, Bull-fyste, Puffyst, wolues fyste”. See Wartburg, Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch XIV,531b.

vetoine 85, 110, 112, 122, 324 betony (Betonica officinalis L.)

vif argent 242, 262 a. vif 315 quicksilver

vigne (fuilles de) 224 vine (leaves)

vigne sauvage 242 wild vine

vin aigre 63, 65, 66, 70, 103, 110, 117, 122, 125, 126, 144, 166, 181, 225, 235, 250, 252, 253,258, 264, 268, 273, 285, 303, 307, 311, 312, 319, 324, 333, 334 vinegar

violee 188 violet (Viola L. ssp.)

violete 56, 210, 224, 314 violet (Viola L. ssp.)

ysope 24, 161, 295, 305, 322 hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.)

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ache s. 61 smallage, wild celery (Apium graveolens L.)

aloe s. 48 aloes

aluigne, aluisne s. 54, 63 wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.)

amenusement s. 6 diminution

amoliement s. 48 softening

amoniacum s. 54 gum obtained from the plant Ferula or Dorema ammoniac

an, han s. 47 sexual relations

apeticer v.i. 45 to become smaller, diminish

argalicon s. 62 error for agaricum agaric, larch agaric (Polyporus officinalis L.)

aromata nouvelle s. 32 error for rosata novelle (AN93)

asecher v.a. 3 to dry

aspacii s. 62 error for “aspaltii’

atemprement s. 1 tempering

aubun s. 64 eggwhite

avrone s. 19 southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum L.)

basme s. 53 balm, balm of Gilead (Commiphora opobalsamum (Kunth) Engler)

boce, bouce s. 65 growth, boil, ulcer

bren s. 75 bran

buelgemien 64 an error, see p.98, n.6

brehaigneté s. 75 barrenness

burre s. 63 butter

cassia acula s. 66 error for cassia fistula purging cassia (Cassia fistula L.)

cassie s. 54 purging cassia (Cassia fistula L.)

castoré, castoire s. 8, 48 (castoreum (secretion of the abdominal glands of the beaver)

centoire s. 8 centaury ((Centaurium erythraea Rafn), error for centoine?

cervoisse s. 33 beer

charbon s. 4 coal

chene s. 78 oak

cho s. roge ~ 21 red cabbage

choeit p.p. 52, 55 fallen

cire beneite s. 63 wax (lat. cera rubea)

clo s.65 growth, aposteme

cocorde s. semence de ~ 69

coiz [ms cors]s. pl. 74 testicles

cole s. 65 choler bile noire ~ black bile 65 rouge ~ 65 red bile

corber v.ref. 45 to bend over

corne de cerf s. 03, 59 stag’s horn

cornilles s.pl. 47, 60 unspecified organs near the heart and lungs

corpus s. 5 asthma [cordis morsus]

costivé a. 65 constipated

couz s.pl. 76 testicles

craist v.i. 1 pr.ind.3 of croistre to grow

currage s. 0 culrage (Polygonum hydropiper L.)

date s. 75 urine

denaturez, denaturel 30, 46

denier s. 8, 59 penny-weight

desconvenue s. 2 unfortunate affliction, impropriety

diptane s. 8 dittany (Origanum dictamnus L. or Dictamnus albus L.)

dous s. 5, 65, 69 back

ençainter v.i. 75 to become pregnant

encherger v.i. 74 to conceive, become pregnant

enfleume [ms enfleure], enflume s. 30, 33 phlegm

engendreure s. 2 procreation

entors p.p. as a. 17 see p.94, n.6

escamonee s. 32 scammony (Convulvulus scammonia L.)

eschaufeson s. 64 heat

esculouré p.p. as a. 74 slippery

espurgement s. 3, 4 purging, cleansing, purification

estorer v.a. 1 to create, establish, found

estrument s. 47 instrument, organ

estuver v.a. 48, 53 to treat with a vapour bathselect glossary to diseases of women (“trotula”)3

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fi s. 7 pile, haemorrhoid

fievre s. ague ~ 5 acute fever

fiel s. 29, 65 gall-bladder ~ de tor 17 bull’s gall

fiens s. ~ de colump ramage 69 stock dove droppings

flamble s.8 yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus L.)

fleume s. 33 phlegm

fleurs, flours s.pl., 0-03, 3 etc. menses

fleus 33? see p.95, n.8

galbanum s. a type of gum resin

geralogodion s. 33 yeralogodion, a purgative containing aloes

hanter v.a. 47 to have sexual relations cf. an

jarse s. 33 scarification

joubarbe s. 66 houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum L.)

laine s.53 wool ~ arse 48, 53 burnt wool ~ charpie 17,36 lint

let s. ~ d’an(n)esse 69, 76 ass’s milk ~ de chevres 69 goat’s milk

linés s. 69 linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.)

linge drap s. 53 linen cloth

lorier s. 59 bay (Laurus nobilis L.)

maille s. 8,59 halfpenny-weight

manne s. 66 manna

mar(r)iz s. 6, 17, 29, 45, 52, 53, 60, 63, 64(marice), 76 womb

matriz s. 52, 65, 66, 74 womb

mentes. 21 mint

mereherbol s. 54 apparently for mere herbe / mere des herbes mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris L.)

mesmement adv. 47 particularly, specially

metaine s. 4 average, mean

mestre s. 6 master

meurer v.a. 69 to mature, ripen

miel rosat s. 66 preparation of honey and distilled roses

mir(r)e s. 8, 59 myrrh

moelle de cerf s. 63 marrow of deer

morrelle s. 66 black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.) or deadly nightshade (Atropa bella-dona L.)

musge s. 51 musk

muz s. 5 see p.93, n.6

nature s. 01 vulva

nessance s. 17, 36, 52, 64, 76 vulva

nombril s. 02, 53, 55, 78 navel

oille s. ~ lauri 48 oil of bays ~ d’olive 63 olive oil

oie s. oint d’~ 63 goose fat

olant pr. p. 53 sweet smelling

oscement s. 45 suffocation of the womb

plantain s. 36, 62, 66 great plantain (Plantago major L.)

poiz s. 48 pitch

poliol s. 19 pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.) or wild thyme (Thymus serpillum L.)

porreal s. 22 leak

pous s. 45 pulse

pulentie s. 75 dirt

reinnable s. 1 governed by reason

router v.i. 60 to belch, eructate

rue s. 8,21,54 rue (Ruta graveolens L.)

saignee s. 66 bleeding

sain s. 64

sai(n)gner v.a. 31, 66 to bleed

sauge s.8, 21 sage (Salvia officinalis L.)

savine s. 8 savin (Juniperus sabina L.)

seneçon s. 61, 63, 69 groundsel (Senecio vulgaris L.)

suif s. 53 fat

suor s. 78 sweat

tele s. 4 tile

tendron s. ~ de cerisier 03 cherry-tree shoot

terme s. 4, 19 critical time

tisaine s. 67 tisane

tranglotir v.i. 60, 78 to swallow

trifant sarracinoise s. 32 “soothing medical preparation”, trifera sarracenica (AN 113)

ventose s. 33 cupping class

ventouseté s. 65 flatulence, morbid wind in the body

ventrail s. 60 belly, intestines

verme s. 75 worm

vetoine s. 19 betony (Betonica officinalis L.)

voirre s. 17 glass

ydropisie s. 5, 30 dropsy

ysope s. 17, 64 hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis L.)

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Proper Names

Clyopatre 2 Cleopatra, see note

Constentin 2 Constantine (the African)

Diacordes 2 Dioscorides

Galien 2 Galen

Orbasie 2 Oribasius

Rufus 6

Ypocras 2, 66, 74 Hippocrates

select glossary to diets

ache s. smallage, wild celery (Apium graveolens L.)

acroissement s. increase

adesseement adv. always

aigremoine s. agrimony (Agrimonia eupatropia L.)

alisne s. wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.)

betoine s. betony (Betonica vulgaris L.)

canelle s. cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume)

cervoise s. beer

cho s. cabbage

cost marin s. costmary (Chrysanthemum balsamita (L.) Baillon)

degrater v.i. to scratch, itch

delair s. December

estoupement s. blockage

estuve s. vapour bath

fanoil s. fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Miller)

fegiez p.p. as a. curdled

fleume s. phlegm

forcele s. chest

gote migraine s. migraine

gyrofle s. cloves or clove pink or avens

hanter v.a. to frequent

kalende s. first day of the month, Calends

laictue s. lettuce

laituaire s. ~ agu sharp electuary

laschement (au ventrail) s. diarrhoea

leun s. vegetable

livesche s. lovage (Levisticum officinale Koch)

malve s. marshmallow (Althaea officinalis L.)

mastic s. mastic, resin of Pistacia lentiscus L.

menjeure s. mange

none s. noon, midday

oitouvre October

pinpernele s. scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis L.) or “burnet saxifrage” (Pimpinella saxifraga L.)

poulieul s. pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium L.) or wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum L.)

rafle s. radish (Raphanus sativus L.)

roigne s. ulcer, sore

roisin s. grape

rue s. rue (Ruta graveolens L.)

sauge s. sage (Salvia officinalis L.)

savine s. savin (Juniperus sabina L.)

seurmontain s. sermountain (Laserpitium siler L., Siler montanum Crantz)

spicanardi s. Celtic spikenard (Valeriana celtica L.)

suffocation s. suffocation

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tanaisie s. tansy (Chrysanthemum vulgare L.)

torace s. chest

troublece s. cloudiness

ventoser s. to bleed with cupping-glass

violete s. violet (Viola ssp.)

voncheure s. vomiting