Middle English Dictionary Entry
cōēterne adj.
Entry Info
Forms | cōēterne adj. Also coetern. |
Etymology | ML coaeternus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Coeternal.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.6.62 : Thei wenen..that this world be makid coeterne [L coaeternum] with his makere.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)31/25-6 : He determineth a-gayn hem [þe Manicheis] þat all euele spryngith of þis fre choys; for þei seid þat euele was coeterne with God, so þei put to þingis coeterne: on called þei good, þe oþir euele.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)3.769 (v.1:p.38) : The holi goste of hem bothe doth procede, And yit noon dooth othir in tyme precede, For eche of hem to othir is coetern.