Art. 14, Yet for gaude-grene

by: Susanna Greer Fein (Editor)

from: The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript, Volume 2  2014

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¶ Tac peniwort other gladene, whether thu wolt of the two erbes, ant tempre thi      verdigres, ant writ.

¶ Take pennywort, or iris, whichever of the two herbs you want, and temper your verdigris, and write.

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Footnotes

ART. 14, YET FOR GAUDE-GRENE: EXPLANATORY NOTES

ABBREVIATIONS: AND: Anglo-Norman Dictionary; ANL: Anglo-Norman Literature: A Guide to Texts and Manuscripts (R. Dean and Boulton); BL: British Library (London); Bodl.: Bodleian Library (Oxford); CCC: Corpus Christi College (Cambridge); CUL: Cambridge University Library (Cambridge); IMEV: The Index of Middle English Verse (Brown and Robbins); IMEV Suppl.: Supplement to the Index of Middle English Verse (Robbins and Cutler); MED: Middle English Dictionary; MWME: A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050–1500 (Severs et al.); NIMEV: A New Index of Middle English Verse (Boffey and Edwards); NLS: National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh).

incipit gaude-grene. See MED, gaudi (adj.), “yellowish green color or pigment.”
1 peniwort. See MED, wort (n.(1)), sense 3.(e).
gladene. A plant of the iris family. See MED, gladene (n.).