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† astronomien, -an Obs.
Also -yen, astromyen.
[a. OF. astronomien, f. astronomie or L. astronomia, like chrestien, italien, as if repr. a. L. *astronomiānus. Astromyen was a phonetic reduction. Cf. astrologien, -an.]
The earlier word for astronomer (including astrologer).
c1300K. Alis. 136 He is an astromyen. c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 9 Astronomyenes byhaldes þe daye, and þe houre, and þe poynte þat man es borne in. 1388Wyclif Matt. ii. 1 Lo! astromyenes camen fro the eest to Jerusalem. 1393Gower Conf. II. 230 Which was an astronomien, And eke a great magicien. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 403/2 The kyng..assemblid lx astronomyens. c1500Partenay 12 Neuer better astronomian might be. |