Middle English Dictionary Entry
Ǧermā̆nī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Ǧermā̆nī(e n. Also ǧermā̆nẹ̄, germaniȝe, germenie, germain(e, germainie & germania. |
| Etymology | OF & L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Those parts of Continental Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples; Germany in the broadest sense; also, a division of this area.
Associated quotations
- [ a1350 Langtoft Chron.(Jul A.5)1.98 : Nous sumes de Germenye. ]
- [ a1350 Langtoft Chron.(Jul A.5)1.170 : Le ray de Germenye. ]
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)565 : To þe ones herte [he] drouȝ Þat was of hom cheuetein, & þe kinges doȝter was Of germain [vr. germanie].
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2410 : Of saxonye we [Horsa and Hengist] beþ ibore, þat of germaine [vrr. germanie, germani] is.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3380 : Octe & eose..Flowe in to germaynie [vr. germaniȝe], þat in alymayne is.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2503 : Þer come out of germaynie [vrr. germanie, germayne]..ssipes eiȝtetene & rowen, hengistes doȝter.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.201 : Maximus..made Fraunce and Germania [L Galliam et Germaniam] sugett by cruel batailles.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)173a/a : Almania..hatte germania also..and hath in þe Este syde þe Ryuer Danubius, in þe southe Ryuere of Ryne, and in þe norþe and weste þe see occean, and þere be two germanes [L duplex germania], þat ouere þat streccheþ to hiȝe mounteyns..yclepyde Alpes in to þe see of myddel erþe.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)50/20 : We beth of Saxonye, þat is, þe Lande of Germayn.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)19733,19735 : In to germane rathe þai sent..þar come wel son of germanie A duk.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2880 : Cesar..Passyng the Alpies, rood thoruh Germanye.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)85 : Norbert..Of Teutonys naciouns..þis cuntre stant in Germayne, Be-cause þis man..Was sumtyme dwellyng in þe cite of Colayne.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)7350 : In Saxonye were we [Hengist and Horsa] born & fed..We are of þe kynde of Germenie.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)23 : The grete fennes that ly betwix the flood Danubie and the Grete Se, onto the ende of Germanie.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.255 : There be ij Germanyes; the superior whiche extendethe vn to Alpes to the bosom of..the see Adriatike. And the inferior Germany, towarde the weste, is abowte the floode callede Renus, whiche is callede communely Almayne.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.299 : He made Lodowicus..governoure in Germania.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)226/4 : This suffyseth for Bretayne, Irlond, and al Almayne with germanye.