Middle English Dictionary Entry
Frīse n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | Frīse n.(1) Also Frisia, Frisie, Fres(e. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE Frȳsan, Frēsan (pl.) Frisians, & ML Frisia. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Frisia [in some quots. confused with Phrygia].
Associated quotations
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)25370 : Þar com..of Frisie [Clg: Frigie; F Frise, Frige] þe duk Teucer.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.261 : Frisia [L Frisia, Frigia] is a lond vppon þe clyue of þe west occean, and bygynneþ in þe souþ side from þe Ryne, and endeþ at þe see of Denmark.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)180a/a : Frisia is a prouynce in þe neþer ende of Germania.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)186a/a : Þe Ryne..streccheþ to Braban þat is nyȝe to ffrigia [Tol: frigia; L frisie] in þe souþe syde.
- c1400(?a1300) *KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1695 : Þe duk of ffryse & of hungrye.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1093 : All the gold in Rome and Frise [rime: wise].
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)3171 : Þe kyngdames he schuld lese Both of Saxon and Sueue, Teutonie and Frese.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3864 : Kyng Froderike of Fres.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11954 : Out of ffryse.
- c1450(c1396) Chaucer Buk.(Benson-Robinson)23 : The were lever to be take in Frise [rime: suffyse] Than eft to falle of weddynge in the trappe.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.137 : By tempestes of the sea he was putte into Frisia.