Middle English Dictionary Entry
alphabēte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | alphabēte n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Alphabet; here, learning or lore acquired through reading.
Associated quotations
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.193 : Y have be instructe in Latyn and Grewe, but y perceyvede not the a. b. c. or alphabete [L alphabetum] of that chorle.