porreta

porreta, porretta, ~um [CL porrum+-ētum or OF dim. suffix -ette; cf. et. OF porret, ME porrette] 1 leek; b (dist. from porrum). 1211 de xxvj d. de porettis; de vj s. de oleribus Pipe Wint. 153; c1227 per servicium quod inveniat in castro olera et porreta Fees 370; c1262 in duabus libris seminis porectarum et plantulis oler’ emptis xvj d. DL CourtR 128. 1920; 1271 de herbagio, urticis, oleribus, porrett’, sepis, alliis in gardino, xiiij s. viij d. ob. MinAc 1078/12 r. 4; 1298 in plantis olerum ad plantandum ‥ in poreccis ad idem (Ac. Farley) Surrey Rec. Soc. xxxvii (15) 18; 12‥ ita quod semen olerum et porectarum semper suciat semini anni subsequentis Cart. Glouc. III 218; emit semen porettorum et duxit illud in Scocia (CourtR St. Ives Fair) Law Merch. I 77; 1304 habeat ‥ decimas ‥ ovorum, mellis, et poretti Reg. Wint. 173; 1369 expensa minuta in plantis olerum et porettorum emptis ad plantand’ in curtillagio domini, viij d. (Silkstead) Ac. Man. Wint..  b ortolanus ‥ colit in orto suo ‥ porrum ‥ porreta [gl.: poree] Garl. Dict. 136. 2 place in which leeks grow or are cultivated, leek-garden. ~um, A. a lekbed WW; ye leekegarth, porretum Levins Manip. 34. 3 soup or broth made from leeks, leek-soup or pottage. porretum, A. a porrete WW; hec porreta, porray WW; hec pereta, A. leke potage WW; porray, porreta, porrata CathA.