Middle English Dictionary Entry
Jove n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Jove n. Also joves, jovis. |
| Etymology | L Jovis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The Roman god Jove or Jupiter; (b) the planet Jupiter; (c) jovis barba, the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) [cp. jubarbe].
Associated quotations
a
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2222 : Faireste of faire, o lady myn Venus, Doghter of Ioue and spouse to Vulcanus.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1525 : 'Awey!' quod he, 'ther Joves yeve the sorwe!'
- c1430 Chaucer TC (Cmb Gg.4.27)2.115 : Ȝe makyn me, be iouys, sore adradde.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)288 : O hye Saturne!..Be the progeny deyfyid off thee..be ther namys them thus to applye: As Jouys, fyry; June, aery; Neptunus, wattry; Pluto, erthy.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)219 : Ther saugh I Joves Venus kysse.
b
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2224 : He was that tyme in Geminis, as I gesse, But litel fro his declynacioun Of Cancer, Iouis exaltacioun.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.625 : The bente moone with hire hornes pale, Saturne, and Jove in Cancro joyned were.
- ?1480 Court Sap.(Caxton)2139 : The planetes seuen she neuened vnto vs: Saturne, Ioue, Mars, Phebus and Mercurye, The Mone, Venus.
c
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)183/5 : Grinde hem & tempere hem vp wiþ ius of iouis barba.