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ramsn. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Middle Low German rāmese, rēmese, Old High German ramese (German (chiefly regional) Rams, Rambs, Ramisch, Ramsche, Ramus, etc.; > Danish rams, †ramse (now chiefly regional, except in the synonymous compound ramsløg)), Norwegian rams (now regional, except in the synonymous compound ramslauk), Swedish rams, ramsk (c1580; now regional, except in the synonymous compound ramslök) < the same Indo-European base as Early Irish crem (Irish creamh), Welsh craf, cra, Lithuanian kermušė, Russian čeremša, all in sense ‘wild garlic’, and ancient Greek κρόμμυον, κρόμυον onion. Compare post-classical Latin ramusia (10th cent. in a German source probably ultimately of British origin), ramusium (c1025 in a British source), ramuscium (a1125 in a British source), all probably < Old English.The β. forms result from analysis of the α. forms as plural. It is uncertain whether the (rare) late Middle English forms show singular or plural forms; compare also ramsey n. and ramsons n. In Old English as both a weak masculine and a weak feminine. Now English regional (chiefly northern) and Welsh English ( south-western). the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > onion, leek, or garlic > [noun] > garlic > wild garlic the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > onion, leek, or garlic > garlic > wild garlic eOE (1974) 6 Actula, hramsa [eOE Corpus Gloss. hromsa]. OE Brussels Gloss. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 296 Acetula, ramese. a1200 ( 19 Accitellum, id est romsam croþ [prob. read romsan crop]. ?a1300 in S. G. Hamilton (1906) 184 Accetula, ramese. (Harl. 221) 422 Ramzys [?a1475 Winch. Rammys; a1500 BL Add. 37789 ramsis], herbe, Affodyllus. 1548 W. Turner sig. A.vjv The third kinde [of garlick] is called in latin Allium vrsinum, and in englishe Ramsey, or bucrammes or rames. 1551 W. Turner (1568) i. B v The third kynd is called in Englysh rammes. a1576 L. Nowell (1952) 103/2 Hromsa, Hramsa. Acitula, herb. Lanc., romes. 1697 I. Hamon Descr. Gower in (1965) 92 Yellow & blue Kay-roses, Rames or Ramsey, Centry, Yarrow. 1784 in (1818) 70 On these hills is found a mountain leek, or ‘ramsh’ as it is here named, whereon the goats feed, and sometimes their milk smells of it. a1796 S. Pegge (1896) 118 Rams, rampions. 1876 F. K. Robinson Rams, wild garlic, flavouring the cow's milk that eats it. a1903 W. Meredith Morris in (1903) V. 5/1 [Pembrokeshire] On the Newback hedge yea'l meet plenty of rame. a1955 H. M. Tucker (1957) 128 I recall the fuss my mother created when she found that the colly-cows (milking cows) had broken into the scribbux and were feasting on the rames (wild garlic). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.eOE |
