Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1850

ETYMOLOGICAL QUERIES

By S. W. SINGER.

The very satisfactory replies of Mr. WAY to some of the Queries of J. MN., given at p. 169-70., make us wish for more, which I trust we shall have, should he be supplied with the context in which the words occur; without which it is difficult to elucidate them fully. In the meantime, I venture a few suggestions on some of the remaining words. "In the fever or the *berebarde*," "*Berbi*, O.F., chancre, dartre; a *boil, bubo*, or *tetter*, commonly attendant upon pestilent fever. 'Correpta fuit vehementissima febri. Subtus ejus axillis detectis quoque *Bubonibus*, magnam duritiem ac timorem præ…

Topics: Etymology, Historical Linguistics, Victorian Language, Apothecary Terms

Locations: Sussex