Middle English Dictionary Entry
Jūnō n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Jūnō n. Also june, jono. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The goddess Juno.
Associated quotations
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)83/14,35 : Ȝe say Iuno es godd of þe hert, bicause he was wonder angry..To Iune a pacoke.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)11/288 : In fyre, aer, lond, and see, be ther namys them thus to applye: As Jouys, fyry; Juno, aery; Neptunus, wattry; Pluto, erthy.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)716 : A fair pokok of pris men paien to Juno.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)109 : Quod she to Juno, hir goddesse, 'Helpe me out of thys distresse.'
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2407 : Yf þou Juge it to Jono, this ioye schall þou haue.