Middle English Dictionary Entry
andromada n.
Entry Info
| Forms | andromada n. Also androm(a)ia. |
| Etymology | ML androdamus (from Gr.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Pyrites.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)197a/b : Andromaya..is a stoone wiþ colour of siluer, as ysidre seiþ, and is foure cornered in schap..and is as stronge as an adamand..me troweþ þat it refreyneþ reses and wraþþe of hertes.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)66 : Andromada is a stone of iiij maner liknes, & is lik to siluer, & of hardnes lik to þe diamaunt; & he is founde in þe red se, & he makeþ a man ys wite to stedefastnes.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)72 : Andromia..refryneþ hastines & wraþe of hertes.