Middle English Dictionary Entry
Ēthiōpe, -ia, -i(e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | Ēthiōpe, -ia, -i(e n.(1) |
| Etymology | L, OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Ethiopia.
Associated quotations
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)73.15 : Þou..ȝaf hym mete to þe folk of Ethiope.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)282a/b : The dragoun bredeþ in ynde and in Ethiopia.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7763 : From Ethiopie cam þis noble route.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)2 Par.14.9 : Zara of Ethiop ȝede out aȝens hem.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Jer.13.23 : If a man of Ethiopie mai chaunge his skyn.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.1670 : He was kyng off Ethiope and Ynde.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.323 : Tharbis, the doȝhter to the kynge of Ethioppe.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)73.15 : Thou gaf him mete til folke of ethiopy.