Middle English Dictionary Entry
Flē̆mish adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | Flē̆mish adj. Also Flem(m)ish(e, Flemeshe, Fllemeche, Flemiche. |
| Etymology | OFris. (or coastal Dutch), corresp. to MDu. Vlāmisch. Also cp. OE (late) flemisc adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) From Flanders, of the Flemings, Flemish; (b) as noun: Flemish people; the Flemish language.
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)3 : Þe flemmysshe men bohten hem.
- (1440) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 66.2b : Þe lvj s of flemyssh mony.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)234 : The fals Flemyngis..killid [all] save o boy that fled to on of the Flemysch shippis.
- (1476) Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/3)p.4 (3/6) : I, Robard Cely, haue ressayuyd off Wylliam Eston, mersar of London, xij li. ster. to pay at Andewarpe..for euery nobyll of vj s. viij d. ster., vij s. x d. Fllemeche.
b
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)26 : Þo wolde þe baylies..dryue þe flemisshe þat made þe destaunce.
- a1450(c1405) Purvey Determ.(Trin-C B.14.50)173/127 : James Merland translatid al þe Bibel in-to Flemyche.
2.
(a) Made in Flanders or by Flemings; made according to a Flemish style or pattern; (b) ~ elne, ~ stik, a linear measure [?twenty-seven inches; see last quot.].
Associated quotations
a
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)743 : In floynes and fercostez and Flemesche schyppes.
- (1445) *Plea & Mem.R.Lond.GildhA 71.9a : xij cusshyns flemmyssh, v cusshyns rede.
- (1454-5) Lin.DDoc.67/14 : ij lintheamina de flemmyschclothe.
- (1456-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103635 : Item sunt in scaccario 2 uln. panni linei vocati Flemysh clathe.
b
- (1446) Acc.Howard in RC 57362 : Item, the ijde federbed conteynethe of lengthe iij Flemyshe stykes..the bolstre to the same conteynethe in lengthe iij stykes Flemyshe.
- (1446) Acc.Howard in RC 57364 : The same day my mastyr bout and paid xxiij Flemyshe ellez of fyne Holand clothe.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)15 : The Ynglysshe ell cont[aineth] v qrs. of the yard, and the styke, wiche is called the Flemmysche ell, cont[aineth] iij qrs. of the yerd; and so the doss[en] Englysche elles make xv yardes, and a doss[en] Flemysche make butt ix yards.