Middle English Dictionary Entry
Charle-wain n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Charle-wain n. Also carlewain, carwaine, charleswen. |
| Etymology | OE carles wægn, ~ wǣn. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Charles' wain, the Big Dipper, Ursa Major; ~ plou, the Big Dipper; ~ sterre, Arcturus; ?also, the constellation Boötes; (b) a surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)6b/a : Archiphilax: þe charlewayne sterre.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)7a/b : Arturus:..charleswenes plow.
- 1468 Medulla (StJ-C C.22)59 : Arcophilaxe: The carle wensterre. Arturus: quoddam signum celeste, anglice A carwaynesterre.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)23a : Charlewayn [Monson: Charelwayn]: Arturus, plaustrum.
b
- (1205) CRR(2) 429 : Henricus Carlewain.