Middle English Dictionary Entry
tungol n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tungol n. Also (in cpds.) tungel-; pl. (early) tunglen, tunglæn, (error) ȝunglæ. |
| Etymology | OE tungol, tung(e)l. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A star, a heavenly body; ?also, an evil star [quot. c1150]; ~ craft, astronomy, astrology; ~ witeies, the Magi.
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)68/30 : We rædeð on tungelcræfte þæt seo sunne byð hwiltiden þurh þæs monelicen trændles underscyte aðeostrod.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)86/7 : On þine deaðe ealle tunglen & gesceafte wurðen gestyrede.
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)36/189 : Heo understod ealle þa word þære ænglen and þære herdan and þære tungelwitegan and eac forðen þæs sylfen Hælendes and heold gemyndelice on hire heorte.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)235/12 : Hafe hy mid þe, þanne ne sceþþes þe ne tungol [L sidus] ne haȝol ne strang storm ne yfel man ne wolberende awyt.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)112/13,16 : Ær þam þe ðe æreste men Adam & Eua agulten..þa tunglæn, sunne, & monæ hæfdæn mucele mare beorhtnesse þenne heo nu habbeð..ac..þa sceolden þa ȝunglæ [read: tunglæ] þæs wite þrowiæn.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)112/26 : Ne mæȝ þeah þare tunglæ ne þare haliȝræ wlite & fæȝernesse beon ilic Cristes beorhtnesse.