Middle English Dictionary Entry
opalus n.
Entry Info
| Forms | opalus n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. optalius.
1.
The precious stone, opal.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)203a/b : Optalius hatte Opalus [L opptalus] also, and is a stone distyngued wiþ colours of dyuers precious stones..þer Inne is þe fuyry colour of Carbuncle, the schynyng purpre of þe ametistus, þe bright grene colour of Smaragdus.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)p.116 : Optalio is a stone þat is cleped opalus.