Middle English Dictionary Entry
Aleman(n)es n. (plural)
Entry Info
| Forms | Aleman(n)es n. (plural) Also Almaun(de)s, Almaines. |
| Etymology | AF almaun, CF aleman, & L alemannī (pl.); ME al(e)maines is infl. by alemaine Germany. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Germans, the German nation; also, the Teutons.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)118/1996 : Þe first asaut Opon þe Almaundes [Cai: Almaignes].
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1165 : Þe almauns seweden sadly.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.411 : Prince among þe Almaignes..to þe Almayns.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.821 : Thempire of Rome hath ben and is To thalemans.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)307b/a : Also men of þe nacioun of maures here blak colour comeþ of þe Inner partyes, and whytissh colour in almaynes, duchissh men [L alemannis].
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5936 : Fraynsshe men, Alemanns, and ek Englysshe.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)118 : Fro this day forward the empire hath be Among the Almanes.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.109 : Constancius did slee lx ml of the Alemannes [L Alemannorum] nye to Lingones.