† midgern Obs. exc. dial.
Also 1 micgern(e, 5 medryn, mydrun, myg(g)erne, 9 dial. midgen, midgerum, middren, etc. (see E.D.D.).
[OE. micgęrn = OS. midgarni OHG. mittigarni:—OTeut. type *midjogarnjo{supm}, f. *midjo- mid a. + *garnâ (ON. gǫrn fem.) bowel, gut, cogn. w. *garno{supm} yarn.]
The fat about the entrails of an animal; suet; in mod. dial. use the fat about the kidneys of a pig; leaf-lard.
| c 1000 ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 162/28 Exugium, micgern. 14.. Nom. ibid. 678/22 Hec omomestra, a medryn. 14.. Voc. ibid. 599/3 Omentum, a pauncheclout (vel Myggerne). c 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 10 Take..þo mydrun and þe kydnere, And hew hom smalle. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 747/31 Hoc omestrum, a mygerne. |
¶ b. App. confused with midriff.
| a 1440 Promp. Parv. [Several texts have midrym, middryn, instead of midrif, rendered diafragma.] 1893 Northumb. Gloss., Middern, the midriff or diaphragm. |