Middle English Dictionary Entry
aurē̆āt adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | aurē̆āt adj. Also auriat. |
| Etymology | L aureāt-us |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Made of gold, golden; colour ~, the color of gold; lettres ~, letters illuminated with gold.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.211 : For-dirked age..pleynly of her name For-dymmed eke the lettris aureat.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)424/611 : Off this myracle the fame ran ful wyde, The tryumphe rad with lettres aureat.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.3460 : Bachus bad hym go bathe in a ryuer To wasshe a-way the colour aureat, Wher yit is shewed the goldi grauel cleer.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.2391 : With lyff euerlastyng thi tryumphes to auaunce..In the aureat Throne perpetueli tendure.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Ballade ROL (Sln 1212)122 : O..auryat urne, in whom was..The agnelet that fought for oure offence!
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Test.(Hrl 218)37 : With Aureat letteres..His herte was graven.
2.
(a) Most excellent, noblest; ~ noumbre, the Golden Number (used in computing Easter and other movable feasts); (b) ~ licour, baum ~, poetic inspiration; (c) world (daies) called ~, the Golden Age of the world.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)440/12 : Off Mercurye the aureat influence The tenlumyne dystylled skarsly doun.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.81 : Ye han been lanterne..To refourme the rudnesse of my stile With aureat colours of your fressh langage.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.MRose (Hrl 2255)43 : The sonne chaungith, so doth the pale moone, The aureat noumbre in kalenderys set for prime.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.MRose (Hrl 2255)83 : Wher is Tullius?..The aureat ditees..of Omerus?
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Say Best (LdMisc 598)11 : Sugurat gall with aureat eloquens, Noise of disslaunder is wers þan pestilens.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.31 : My penne..bareyn is of aureat lycour.
- a1456(1429) Lydg.Mum.Mercers (Trin-C R.3.20)34 : Thoroughe þat sugred bawme aureate, Þey called weren poetes laureate.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)381/221 : Send doun of grace thi licour aureat Which enlumynyth these rethoriciens.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.461 : With ther sugred aureat licour, Thei [the muses] be nat willi for to doon fauour.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Ballade ROL (Sln 1212)13 : O auriat licour off Clyo, for to wryte, Mi penne enspire.
- a1475(1430) Lydg.St.Marg.(Dur-U Cosin V.2.14)56 : Vyrgyn of most renoun, Thy lif to write..shede of grace the aureat lycoure.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3400 : I hope þe tyme fortunat, Of þe olde worlde called aureat, Resorte shal.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.1157 : The world tho daies callid Aureat.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)1312 : The worlde was called aureate, Ther was of golde so gret plente.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Chaucer Pity (Hrl 78)Head. : Here filowing begynneþe a complaint of Pitee, made by Geffrey Chaucier, þe aureat Poete.
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