under þe sonne

Alternative forms

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Etymology
. The phrase has been associated with the book of Ecclesiastes ever since appearing 29 times in the translation into Middle English by.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1) On earth.
 * 2) In existence; in the world.
 * 3) * 1382, 1395,, Bible, Ecclesiastes 9:11:
 * "enm"

- Y siy vndur sunne


 * 1) * c. 1387-1400, The Canterbury Tales, "The Knight's Tale":
 * gretter was ther noon under the sonne