Middle English Dictionary Entry
Algǒmeisa, -e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Algǒmeisa, -e n. |
| Etymology | ML, from Ar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The star Procyon.
Associated quotations
- [ 1223 in Skeat Treat.Astr.(EETSES 16)p.xliv : Cancer Algomeiza..In cane septentrionali. ]
- c1400 *Chaucer Astr.(Brussels 4869)1.21.82b : I seye not that they [sterres of the south] arysen alle by southe the est lyne, wittnesse on aldeboran & algomeysa [vr. Algomeyse].