Middle English Dictionary Entry
Dū̆chish adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Dū̆chish adj. & n. Also Duches, Duchesh, Duchisse, Duches-, Duichish. |
| Etymology | From Dū̆ch adj. and n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
German; as noun: the German language; ~ man, a German; also, a Teuton; ~ speche, the German language (?perhaps in its broadest sense so as to include all Continental high- and low-German dialects).
Associated quotations
- (1377) Pat.R.Edw.III419 : [John Emele] Duchesman.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.253 : Þe woodnesse of Duches men [Higd.(2): men of Allemeyne; L Teutonicorum]..falleþ vppon hem.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.459 : Þat citee [Ravenna] is i-cleped in duchisshe [vrr. duchysse, duychysch] speche [Higd.(2): in the langage off þe Allemaynes; L Teutonice] Ravennesburgh.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.31 : Þe secounde Otho..regnede..among Duchesmen [vr. Duchysch; Higd.(2): in Alemayne; L apud Teutonicos] ten ȝere.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)307b/a : Whytissh colour in almaynes, duchissh men [Tol: duchesche men; L alemannis].
- (1440-43) in Ewen Surnames Brit.191 : Hankyn Duchesman de Tappelowe, serviens.
- a1425(?c1400) Wycl.PN(2) (Hrl 2398)100 : Wheþer it be..wryten in Latyn, or in Englyssche, or in Frensche, or in Duchyssche [vr. Duche] oþer in eny oþer langage.