Middle English Dictionary Entry
Dānes n. (plural) Also singular
Entry Info
| Forms | Dānes n. (plural) Also singular dān. |
| Etymology | Cp. OI Danir & ML Danī; cp. also OE Dene. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The Danes or Northmen; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.127 & 129].
Associated quotations
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- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.159 : By comyxtioun..firste wiþ Danes [L cum Danis] and afterward wiþ Normans..þe contray longage is apayred.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.279 : Þat ȝere þe Danes [L Dani] come first into Engelond..Þe Danes slouȝ hem at þe citee of Ȝork.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.25 : Saynt Cutberte's clerkes þe Danes þei dred.
- ?c1450 Brut-1419 (Hrl 24)28 : Kyng Arthur..sende to ssaxons and to danes for to helpe hym.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)420 : With-inne þe moneth after þis þat Alured kyng of Westsex was made, þe Danys comen to Wyltone y-wys, And a grete batelle þere he hade.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)25b : Were noȝt som tyme..the Danes so grete werriours þat here gestoures song in fable..þat þe grete god of batailles, Mars, was geten and born among hem?
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)58/24 : Of þese Gothis cam þese Danes.
- (1474) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3276 : It wold be well considered also howe..the Scottes be allied..nowe of late with the Danes.
- c1475-a1600(a1473) Fortescue Declaration (Clermont)527 : By which occasion thay drove hens alle the Danes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)33a : A Dane [Win: Dan]: Dacus.