Middle English Dictionary Entry
Ēthiōpe n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | Ēthiōpe n.(2) |
| Etymology | L Aethiopes pl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An inhabitant of Ethiopia; folk of Ethiopes, the Ethiopians; also, any dark-skinned African.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2875 : Ethiops woren her cumen.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)71.9 : Þe Echiopes [sic] shul fallen tofor hym.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.71.9 : Beforn hym shul falle doun Ethiopis.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 370)2 Par.14.9 : Zara Ethiope [WB(2): of Ethiop]..came vnto Mazara.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Jer.38.7 : Abdemelech Ethiope [WB(2): Ethiopien], a man gelding, that was in the hous of the king.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.321 : Þe Ethiopes, blewe men, werred vppon Egipt.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.255 : Þe Ethiopes beeþ icleped Cusey.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.345 : His flessh was blak as an Ethiopen [vrr. an Ethyope; any ethiope] for hete.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8396 : Þe Ethiopes blake So manly bar hem.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 8.27 : He mette wiþ a man of Ethiopes.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)18 : Cham had IIII childirn: Chus, of him cam the Ethiopes.
- a1475 Lydg.FP (Hrl 1245)9.2875 fn. : Ethiopes [Bod: Lik Ethiopiens was his colour.]
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)73.15 : Thou gaf him mete til folke of ethiopis [L populis ethiopum].