We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By clicking 'continue' or by continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings in your browser at any time.

Continue
Find out more
virgine (s.xii3/4)
Cite this entry

The form vergine is a cross reference to the following entry:

virgine (s.xii3/4)

Cite this entry
virgene,  virgin;  virge,  virgne,  virjne;  verge,  vierge;  wirgine  

s.

1virgin: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Jo aim mult une dameisele Si est uncor virgene e pucele  S Gile1 352
2the Virgin (Mary): 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  (Christ) Ki en la virgne la char prist  S Modw 2523
3astron.Virgo (6th sign of the Zodiac): 
( 1256; MS: c.1300 )  Escorpion, virgine, Balance  RAUF ANTS 1050
4female saint: 
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1315-25 )  Lé virgines prierum E a tuz seinz requerum...  Enfances 1953

a.

1virgin, virginal: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Virge del cors virgin exit  Dial Greg SATF 15916
( s.xiiim; MS: s..xiiiex )  (St John emerged from the boiling cauldron) sens ceo que mal n'i sofri, si cumme il fu virge (var. (H: c.1335) virgine), e nez senz carnel compunctiun  Legendary 52.54
2virgin, pure, unadulterated: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  de virge (var. (P: c.1310) virgine) cire un[e] ymage fet a  Rom Chev ANTS 227
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xiv1 )  le oint de cat macle e cire virgine  Rec méd 179
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
vergine