Middle English Dictionary Entry
epiphanie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | epiphanie n. Also piffanie |
| Etymology | OF epiphanie; L epiphania, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Epiphany.
Associated quotations
- a1350 Ase y me rod (Hrl 2253)14/38 : Þe epyphany, when þe kynges come wery to presente hyre sone wiþ myrre, gold, & encenz.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.45 : Þe soneday aftir þe fest of Epiphanie.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.103 : Ye sunday nest aftere the pyffanye.
- c1390(?a1350) Trental St.Greg.(1) (Vrn(1))110 : Þreo Masses of Cristes Natiuite And of þe Ephiphan oþur þre.
- c1450(?c1400) 3 KCol.(1) (Cmb Ee.4.32)118/28 : In þe feest of þe Epiphanie.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)1747 : Þan come þe Epiphany day.
- a1500 Lydg.LOL (Adv 19.3.1)p.117 : This fest and this solempnyte Wherof is seyd thyse wordis Ephyphanye.