Pegase - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

Pegasẹ̄ n.

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Entry Info

Forms	Pegasẹ̄ n. Also pegease, pigase, pikase, pagase, pogasce & pegasus.
Etymology	L Pēgasus

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

(a) The mythological winged horse Pegasus; pegases wel, the fountain Hippocrene, sacred to the Muses; (b) the constellation Pegasus; also, a representation of this constellation.

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a

(c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.207 : They..seyden it was lyk the Pegasee [vrr. pagase, pigase, Pegease, pogasce, Pykase], The hors that hadde wynges for to flee.
a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)54 : The stede of Perseus was callid the Pegase.
1558(?a1440) Burgh Praise Lydg.(Add 29729)2 : Ne dranke I nevar at pegases welle.

b

(1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)269 : He hys chere turnyd to be-hold Pegasus.
(1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)560 : And wyngyd Pegasus that made in Boyse the welle oryent.