Middle English Dictionary Entry
pronō̆stik(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pronō̆stik(e n. Also pronostic, pronostique. |
| Etymology | OF pronostique & ML pronōsticum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. prenostik(e n.
1.
(a) An event which portends something; an omen, a token, sign; (b) a prefiguration; (c) prognostication; a prognosis.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5990 : Of þe egle she bad hem taken hede, No þinge was but tokne of tresoun, Pronostik and declaracioun.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.3174 : He cauhte hardynesse And occasioun peeplis to gouerne, Bi a pronostik.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.1840 : Thes pronostiques made hem so affraied.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)172 : Whan wilde gees hihe in the ayer vp fleen, A pronostik o[f] snow & wedris colde.
- a1605(c1471) Arriv.Edw.IV in Camd.1 (Hrl 543)13 : God and Seint Anne shewyd a fayre miracle, a goode pronostique of good aventure that aftar shuld befall unto the Kynge.
b
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.IVMass (Trin-C R.3.21)510 : The Rede See partyd was on two, A pronostyk..That Crystes masse shuld vs delyuer..From Sathanas myght.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)88a/b : As to pronostic [L pronosticum], we wote þat if vlcerez of þe heued come vnto þe panne..þer is not litel perile broȝt in.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)256/21 : Woundes in þe nekke..haue..some propre pronostikes, i. schewynges tofore, and fewe helynges.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)378/66 : These thre crownys historyaly taplye, By pronostyke notably souereyne, To sixte Herry in fygur signefye How he is born to worthy crownys tweyne, Off France and Ingland..In this lyff heer, affterward in heuene The thrydde crowne to receyue..For his meritis.