Middle English Dictionary Entry
ētherum, -eum adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ētherum, -eum adj. |
| Etymology | L aetherium, -eum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of the ether: bright, shining, ethereal.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)105a/b : Heuenes beþ seuene, I nempned in þis manere: Aereum, Ethereum..Celum Ehereum [sic], as som men meneþ, is I clepid þe ouermest partie of þe aier þat is ner I ioyned to þe roundenes of þe fure & hatte Ethereum for hit is briȝt & schinynge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)105b/a : Alexander ordeyneþ þe seuen heuenes and seiþ..þe sixte fongiþ liȝt..and hatte celium etherum, briȝt schinynge heuene.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)11b/b : [The fourth humor of the eye] in þe place afore alleged, in þe region of þe apple: etherum .i. aery [L ethereum].