Middle English Dictionary Entry
Andrewes crosse phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | Andrewes crosse phr. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An oblique X-shaped cross (on which St. Andrew was said to have suffered death); Seint ~.
Associated quotations
- (1408-17) Rec.St.Mary at Hillp.xcvi : Ther most be made in the flore or pament an Andrewes crosse of small sonde, of a foote Brede and an yarde thyck atte leest.
- (1472) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum6 : Relikkes. Furst a hand of silver with a ryng. Item A Seynt Andrewis crosse of silver.
- c1500 Money Coins MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)1.419 : A Demy of Scotland, on the on syde a lebard with in..and on the odir sid a litill sent Andrews crosse.