Middle English Dictionary Entry
celest(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | celest(e adj. |
| Etymology | OF celeste |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Celestial; (b) lilie ~, some kind of lily (?Lilium candidum).
Associated quotations
a
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.455 : Lycour of grace aboue, a thyng celest [rime: best].
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)200/25 : Take þe leues of lilie celestie [read: celeste; L lilij celestis] & grynde hem wel.