Middle English Dictionary Entry
Pīeridēs n.
Entry Info
Forms | Pīeridēs n. Also pieriedes, pieriades, peridesse (error) prurides. |
Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Muses.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.92 : Me were looth be likned doutelees To Muses that men clepe Pierides [vrr. pieriades, pieriedes, peridesse, prurides].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Vrr. Paris: prurides; Hrl 7333: the peridesse Hrl 7333; Lnsd, Corp-O, Sln 1685: pieriedes; Petw: pieriades.