Middle English Dictionary Entry
Ēthiōpien, -pen n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Ēthiōpien, -pen n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An inhabitant of Ethiopia; folk Ethiopienes, peple of ~, the Ethiopians; also, any dark-skinned African.
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2667 : Folc ethiopienes on egipte cam.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2689 : Ethiopienes kinges dowter tarbis, Riche maiden of michel pris.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)67.34 : Legats shul cumen out of Egipte sleand þe Echiopenes; Echiepeiens shul fallen in seruage vnder þe Egipciens.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Ezek.38.5 : Men of Persis, Ethiopiens and Libiens with hem.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.345 : His flessh was blak as an Ethiopen for hete.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)673 : The blake-faced ethiopiens Me enuyrone.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)2 Par.12.3 : Libiens, and Trogoditis, and Ethiopiens [WB(1): Ethiopes].
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Jer.38.12 : Abdemelech Ethiopien [WB(1): Ethiope].
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ps.73.14 : Thou hast ȝoue hym to mete to the puplis of Ethiopiens.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Deeds 8.27 : Candace, the queen of Ethiopiens.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.2883 : The Ethiopien wex a good officeer.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.2925 : An Ethiopien broun and horrible of siht.