percely

Middle English

Alternative forms

• persil, persel, persile, persily, persilye, parsel, persley, persell, persolye, parcill, parcelly, percille, persoley, percel, percelle, percell, persly

Noun

percely

1. parsley
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Cook's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 4349-4352:

     Of many a pilgrim hastow Cristes curs,
     For of thy persly yet they fare the wors,
     That they han eten with thy stubbel-goos;
     For in thy shoppe is many a flye loos.

     Of many a pilgrim hast thou Christ's curse,
     For of thy parsley yet they fare the worse,
     Which they have eaten with thy stubble-fed goose;
     For in thy shop is many a fly loose.