lien - Middle English Compendium
Middle English Dictionary Entry
Entry Info
| Forms | līen v.(3) Also li(e; p.ppl. liid, liode. |
| Etymology | OF liier |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. allien & leien v.(3).
1.
Cook. (a) To thicken (a soup, etc.) by mixing; mix (an ingredient with another); blend (ingredients together); (b) to bind (ground meat, etc., with eggs, sauce, etc.), coat (a solid ingredient with sauce, etc.); ~ up.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)13 : Take Wyne an Canel & a gret dele of Whyte Sugre..& hete it hote..an loke þat it stonde wyl with Sugre, an wyl lyid wyth Canel..take fat brothe, an temper vp þine Almaundys þat þou hast y-grounde, an lye it with Flowre of Rys.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)15 : Take a gode mylke..& let boyle a whyle..take it and ly it wyth Flowre of Rys, or ellys with Brede y-gratyd.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.7 : Lye hit up with ȝolkes of eyren.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.8 : Take cow mylke, lye hit anone With flowre, or ellis with amydone.
- a1485 *Hrl.1735 Cook.Recipes (Hrl 1735)113 (f.17r) : Frye almoundes in swete oyle & do þerinne; lye alle togydre.
b
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.100 : Tak brann of caponys..and grynd hem smal in a morter and tak mylk of Almaundys and..grynd hem thanne togedere and..seth hem togeder and tak flour of rys other amydoun and lye it that yt be charchant.
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.104 : Tak wastel breed and temper yt wyth mylk of a kow..and after forsy yt wyth gyngener..and colowr yt wyth saffron and lye yt wyth eggys.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.17 : Take Brede and grate it; make a lyre of rawe ayren and do þerto Safron and powdour douce, and lye it up with gode broth and make it as a Cawdel.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.18 : Take Connes and pare hem..do þerto whyte grece þat he stewe þer inne, and lye hem up with hony clarified and with rawe ȝolkes.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.71 : Take gode Eerbys and grynde hem smale with wallenotes..lye it up almost wiþ as myche verions [read: verious] as water.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)11 : Lyode Soppes. Take Mylke..take ȝolkys of eyroun..an caste hem in-to þe mylke..an hete it..an caste þe soppys þer-on.