mediæval
adjective
Early Modern English
Meaning
Of the Middle Ages. tree →
Then and now
Today we spell it "medieval". The meaning is the same, and "mediæval" is an old spelling.
Examples
- 12 (return) [ Post-mediæval Preachers, by S. (Three hundred Aesop’s fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend) tree →
- 11 (return) [ Fables may possibly have been not entirely unknown to the mediæval scholars. (Three hundred Aesop’s fables / Translated by George Fyler Townsend) tree →
- Remarks.--Apart from the interest of its wide travels, and its appearance in the standard mediæval History of England by Matthew Paris, the modern story shows the remarkable persistence of folk-tales in the popular mind. (Indian Fairy Tales) tree →
Note
Today: medieval.
On Mova
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