Middle English Dictionary Entry
cicāda, -e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cicāda, -e n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Cicada; ~ brid.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.317 : Cicade bryddes..haueþ a pipe open vnder þe þrote, and syngeþ better whan þe hede is offe þan while it is onne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)147a/b : There is a maner Grashopper þat hatte Cicada, and haþ þat name of canendo, syngynge, for wiþ a ful litil throte he schapiþ a wondirful song..ȝif a man hielde oyle vpon þis cicadas, he dieþ a none.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)273b/b : Þe worme þat hatte cicada.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)149a/a : Many men forsoþ commendeþ grullos & cicadas.