OE (1955) 108 Ramusium, ramesan.
lOE 17 Ramuscium, hrameson.
a1400 (Selden) (1887) 3 (MED) Affodillus..folia eius sunt similia foliis porrorum, anglice, ramesen.
a1400 (Pepys) (1922) 9 (MED) Jones mete nas bot ramesones and wilde-nepes.
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 561/13 Acticola, ramsyn.
a1543 in A. Amherst (1896) 75 (MED) Herbys necessary for a gardyn..Rampsons.
1547 A. Borde i. f. xiiiiv They must eat no salades, garlyke, ramsons, onyons, chybolles, or scalyons.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens v. lxxi. 638 The thirde kinde is called..in English, Ramsons, Buckrammes, & Beares Garlike.
1647 H. Hexham (Herbs) Romsens, knop-loock, ofte wilde Loock.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in sig. E3 That poysonous Medicament..such as be Ramsons, Savine, Leeks, &c.
1733 P. Miller (ed. 2) Allium, sylvestre latifolium, Ramson's.
1784 J. Twamley 90 Pastures much addicted to wild garlick, or cow-garlick, ramsons or wild chives.
1805 14 65 Ramsons. Ramson garlic.
1855 J. F. W. Johnston xxvi. 222 A familiar plant in many of our moist woods and shady meadows is the common ramps, or ramsons.
1921 13 May 13/3 Much of the ground is covered with our pretty ramsons, or wild garlic, the leaves of which are often mistaken for those of the lily-of-the-valley.
1939 A. G. Tansley iv. xxi. 430 On damp soil societies of bear's garlic or ramsons..are characteristic.
1995 Summer 108 Down beside the river, where the sides close in, conditions can be humid, fostering..plants such as dog's mercury and ramsons.