Lydgate

[ lid-geyt, -git ]

/ ˈlɪdˌgeɪt, -gɪt /

noun

John,c1370–1451?, English monk, poet, and translator.

Example sentences from the Web for lydgate

Lydgate has: 'And also clos and mut as a stone;' Siege of Thebes, pt.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7) |Geoffrey Chaucer
Lydgate and Hoccleve are the two principal successors of Chaucer.

A Literary History of the English People |Jean Jules Jusserand
Lydgate does not say that 'Dant in English' was a translation; this is a pure assumption, for a strategical purpose in argument.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) |Geoffrey Chaucer
Lydgate describes the Parliament of Foules in terms which clearly shew that he had read it.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems |Geoffrey Chaucer

Mr. Brown contends that Barbours redactor borrowed from Lydgate.

The Bruce |John Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for lydgate

Lydgate

/ (ˈlɪdˌɡeɪt) /

noun

John. ?1370–?1450, English poet and monk. His vast output includes devotional works and translations, such as that of a French version of Boccaccio's The Fall of Princes (1430–38)

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