Middle English Dictionary Entry
enchaunteresse n.
Entry Info
Forms | enchaunteresse n. Also -ouresse, -rice. |
Etymology | OF enchanteresse. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An enchantress; sorceress.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1985 : Circes, þe gret enchaunteresse..Þat koude hir craft so wondirfully performe.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.3.35 : O feble and light is the hand of Circes the enchaunteresse.
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)111 : Cyrces..was a grete enchaunteresse and knew meche of sorcery and wichcraft.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)145 : An enchauntouresse she is gret.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)1239 : She was enchauntryce most souereyne.