Middle English Dictionary Entry
cǒverant ppl.
Entry Info
Forms | cǒverant ppl. |
Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Enveloping, surrounding; spere ~, the outermost of the celestial spheres.
Associated quotations
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)95/6 : Þe firste & þe souerayne of þe speres is þe spere couerant, and þanne with-ynne þat þe spere of þe sterrys.