Middle English Dictionary Entry
Tītan n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Tītan n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A name for the sun;—also person.; (b) = titanos n.; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5416 : Þei..Dide her labour..Þe dede cors to carien in-to toun Of worþi Hector, whan Titan went doun.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1464 : The sonne, Titan, gan he chide.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)1326 : Erly a morwen Tytan makith hem Aryse.
- a1500 O blessed mary (Lamb 306)36 : Heyle, virgyn mary surmountyng clere tytan.
- 1532(?a1405) Lydg.FCourt.(Thynne)265 : The foules al, whan Tytan dyd springe..me thought I herde synge!
b
- a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.559 : Of titan, magnesia, take the clere lyght.
c
- (1207) Feet Fines Yks.in Sur.Soc.94111 : Hugo Titan.