Middle English Dictionary Entry
monark(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | monark(e n. Also monarcha, (?error) monarcho. |
| Etymology | L monarcha & OF monarche. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Monarch, sole ruler; (b) as adjective: solely ruling, absolute; ~ king.
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.1236 : A lawe he sette, upon peyne of lyff, That men of custum sholde hym name & calle This wordlis [read: worldis] monarke..Which hadde the erthe..Conquered bi swerd onto his obeissaunce.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)107 : To his poweer and Regalye, He [Alexander] was Callyd kyng and monarke of al.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)299 : He me gaff so fortunat passage..This seyd book at leyser to translate..souereyn of Renoun, Which as monarcha of euery Regioun, Gaff me this Charge.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)710 : Of al the world Emperour and monarke, Ynde, Ethiope and euery nacyoun.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)982 : Alisaundre..Of al this world monark and Regent..of al naciouns hast the souereynte.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)10.6 (v.1:p.105) : A foreyn or a straunger, by yifte and assignacion of Octauyan, the sool monarc of al this worlde, was kyng amonge the Iewys.
b
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.94v : Aftur hym Alric his broþer, the which of the Ethelrede monacho kyng of Mircheneriche ouercome, the clerte of his fortune muche therwith he made derk.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.95v : As hit is opne in his Lif, the cause and the occasion of the Danes comynge is write in the doynges of Ethelfrid the broþer of Alfred, þe furste monarke kyng of Westsex.