Middle English Dictionary Entry
Ēǧipte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Ēǧipte n. Also Egipp. |
| Etymology | OE Egypt and Egipta lond; L Aegyptus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Egypt; Egipte lond, land of the Egyptians, land of Egypt.
Associated quotations
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)11 : He heom ledde of egipte londe.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)143 : Of Egiptene speche couþe he no þing.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)119 : Fer into Egypte lond hi him wolleþ lede.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)925 : Moyses..ladde hom out of egipt.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4323 : Looke of Egipte the kyng daun Pharao.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)181b/b : Þe mele of benes of Egipte.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)40b : Egypp: Egiptus, Egiptiacus.