Middle English Dictionary Entry
Alexandrīn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Alexandrīn n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) land of ~, Egypt; (b) a kind of embroidery, named after the city of Alexandria.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)602 : Aqueynted am I..With myrthe..That fro the lande of Alexandryne [F terre Alexandrins] Made the trees hidre be fette.
b
- c1500(?a1475) Landavall (Rwl C.86)100 : Syngly was she wrappyde..With a mauntelle of hermyne, Coveride was with Alexanderyne.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)50 : Caste a-bouyn Sugre of Alysaundre.
Note: If this spelling belongs to this entry, quot. is supplemental material. Postdates sense (a).
Note: New form: Also Alisaundre.
Note: Add gloss to sense (a): The city of Alexandria in Egypt.
Note: This entry needs an etymology. (City founded by Alexander the Great.)--notes per MLL