onion

sipuli A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
The bulb of such a plant.
1962 (quoting 1381 text), (w) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., (w), Ann Arbor, Mich.: (w), Special:BookSources/978-0-472-01044-8 ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:

dorrẹ&773;, dōrī adj. & n. (..) cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. (..) 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons (..) Nym wyn (..) toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.