Middle English Dictionary Entry
pāgan adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | pāgan adj. |
| Etymology | L pāgānus adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Heathen, pagan; (b) ~ makerel, a species of mackerel; ?the Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus).
Associated quotations
a
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)169/6 : More deppyr in the turmentis of helle shall bene..the crystyn Prynces than the Pagan Pryncis, yf they do not ryght to al men.
b
- (1463-4) Let.Bk.Lond.L (Gldh LetBk L)45 : Whityng, Places, Coddes, pagan Makarell, Pigell, Heryng, or any other vitaill.