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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mino-, Menataur. Also: Mynotaur(e, -tawr(e, Mynataur, Menatair, (Minotaurus). [ME. (Chaucer, Gower) and e.m.E. Minotaur(e, Mynataur, -our, etc., OF. Minotaur (F. -taure), L. Minōtaurus.] The Minotaur. (For fuller quots. see Laborynth n. 1.) — c1420 Wynt. ii. 1320.
The Mynotawre a1500 Henr. Fab. 887 (Bann.).
The Menataur [v.rr. Minotaur], a monstour mervelous, Bellorophant [etc.] c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 66.
Sum held he had bene Dedalus, Sum the Menatair [Asl. Mynataur] marvelus 1513 Doug. iii. Prol. 15.
Mynotawr the bull 1549 Compl. 64/6.
The monstir Minotaurus