Middle English Dictionary Entry
sonet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sonet n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Music, ?a tune; ~ song, a song.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1516 : Þer watz rynging..of ryche metalles..Clatering of covaclez þat kesten þo burdes As sonet out of sau[t]eray songe als myry.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)55 : A nyghtingale sat vpon a tre & made a passing swete sonet-song.