Middle English Dictionary Entry
augur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | augur n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who foretells the future from the behavior of birds, an augur.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2404 : Theges, of thing which schal befalle He was the ferste Augurre of alle.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.1746 : Al maner foul..Hih in the hair apperede in his siht; Vnknowe to hym the tokne what it mente, With dyuynours cast hym to counsaile, Callid augures.