Middle English Dictionary Entry
aliēte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | aliēte n. |
| Etymology | ML aliētus, haliæetus, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The sea eagle or fish hawk [for other medieval opinions see first quot.].
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)143b/a : As the glose saiþ super deuteronomo decimo quarto, alietus and a faucoun is al one, a bridde þat coueitiþ prey..Oþir men meneþ þat alietus is a litil bridde and takeþ oþir smale briddes..Som men meneþ þat þis bridde assailleþ onliche febil briddes..and herby it semeþ þat alietus and alitil sperhauk is al one.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Lev.11.13 : Of foulis whiche ȝe schulen not ete..an egle..aliete [Gloss.: Aliete, that is a kynde of egle; WB(1): a merlyoun; L haliæetum].
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Deut.14.12 : Vncleene briddis, that is..an aliete [WB(1): a merlizon; L haliæetum].