constellation (s.xii3/4)
Cite this entry

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

constellation (s.xii3/4)

Cite this entry
  FEW:  constellatio 2/ii,1083a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  constellacion 9,169a TL: constellacïon 2,746 DEAF:  constellacïon  DMF:  constellation  TLF:  constellation  OED:  constellation n.  MED:  constellacioun n.  DMLBS:  constellatio 457b
constellacion,  constellacioun,  constanlacion  

s.

1astron.divin.constellation, position of heavenly bodies: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Il se combaty par constanlacion; Ne voleit guerroier sanz artimage non  51
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  la constellation en quele l’em nest si ad grand efficace sur cely qi nest en luy  12.97
( MS: c.1320-40 ) par le acordaunce des estoilles qe est dite constellacioun  91v
mettre par constellation
1to set in a cluster: 
( 1347 )  les quinqe anels d’or mys par constellacion  i 43
stellation 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
constellation