Middle English Dictionary Entry
ortografie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ortografie n. Also ortographie. |
| Etymology | OF ortografie, orthographie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Spelling; science of treu ~, the branch of knowledge concerned with correct spelling; kepen ~, to preserve the spelling of a work in copying it.
Associated quotations
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)3027 : Thi writer eek, pray him to taken hede Of thi cadence and kepe Ortographie, That neither he take of ner multiplye.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)178/6 : Loke what scyens ȝe kan devyse of redynge, wrytynge, and trewe ortografye.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1484 Treat.7 Lib.Arts (Trin-C R.14.52)1039/55 : The first part [of grammar] that is called Ortographie informyth in rect and congrue writynge.
Note: Additional quot.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.5ra (Prologue) : As anentz a discrete man & him þat hath þe gift of tunge, trewe & parfite craft of ortographie is taugh in þis bok.
Note: Antedates word.