Middle English Dictionary Entry
Bigīn(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Bigīn(e n. |
| Etymology | OF beguine |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A member of a lay sisterhood originating in the Netherlands, a Beguine.
Associated quotations
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6861 : Thise abbessis and eke bygyns [F beguines].
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7366 : And Dame Abstinence-Streyned Tok on a robe of kamelyne, And gan hir graithe as a Bygyne.