Middle English Dictionary Entry
prōdiǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prōdiǧe n. |
| Etymology | OF prodige & L prōdigium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A portent, prodigy.
Associated quotations
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)50aa : The kyng..sente me & the maister of the bakers in to pryson where we in one nyght dremed bothe prodyges of thynges comyng.
- a1500(a1470) Brut-1461(1) (Add 10099)530/25 : Sodenly fill doun þe crown which hang þan in myddes of þe said hous..which was take for A prodige or token þat þe reign of King Henry was ended.