[Sca-cooks] Nosewis

[Alexander Clark]

Thanks; this might be as much info as I can expect to get.

If you search for "noix de vie" you find a very small restaurant.  :-)  I
don't know whether they serve any nut compotes.

-- 
Henry/Alex

On Thu, 24 May 2018 10:54:59 -0500, "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at att.net>
wrote:
> Because I can't find a distinct definition, I believe this is a compound
> word.  Since this is a Court function, the language is probably
Anglo-Norman
> French from the period where Anglo-Norman French and Middle English were
> being replaced by Early Modern English.
>
> "Nose" is a variant Anglo-Norman spelling for the French "nois" derived
from
> the Latin "nux" meaning nut.  "Wis" does not describe any specific nut.
The
> closest possible word that I've been able to locate is "viz" a variant
> spelling of "vie" (life, alive, living) which can be translated as
> sustenance.
>
> Bear
>
>> Does anyone here know what the "Nosewis" in the coronation menu for
Richard
>> III might be?  From the context I would guess that it was supposed to
mean
>> a kind of fruit, such as dates, quinces, or pears.
>>
>> --
>> Alex Clark/Henry of Maldon