ME RECIPE

For to make[i] a swete[ii] þat[iii] is icleped creme[iv] cold lait[v][vi]

For to make a sweet that is called creamy cold milk

Nym[vii] lait & seþe[viii] hem[ix]

Take milk and boil it

Þanne take sucre[x] and seþt heom[xi] togidre

Then take sugar and boil them together

Wayten untill[xii] soden or boiling[xiii] and let colian[xiv]

Wait until boiled and let cool

Serge hem þorwe a sefe[xv] into a bolle[xvi]

And pass it through a sieve into a bowl

swing[xvii] blanc[xviii] part of egg þat beo stiffen[xix]

whisk the white part of the egg so that it stiffens

menge and do in an dyhs and soþþen ӡef vorþ[xx]

mix and put in a dish and then serve

---

[i] This word comes from Old English. It’s also an example of generalization because the meaning of “make” used to be to create something by combining components (an apt connotation in a recipe).

[ii] Old English

[iii] Function word: conjunction

[iv] Comes from French.

[v] Noun adjunct phrase structure

[vi] French

[vii] German

[viii] Weak verb

[ix] ME pronoun –3^rd person singular

[x] French

[xi] ME pronoun—3^rd person plural

[xii] Norse

[xiii] French

[xiv] Old English

[xv] Old English

[xvi] SVO syntax clause

[xvii] Shift in connotation

[xviii] French

[xix] Old English; also, this is an example of word formation through affixing

[xx] Sentence syntax: run-on sentence