Middle English Dictionary Entry
Grẹ̄can adj. and n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Grẹ̄can adj. and n. Also grecen, greken. |
| Etymology | Cp. L graecānicus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Grecian; (b) a Greek.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3216 : Þan gase he vp be degrece the grecen [Dub: greken] maistir.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5504 : Þar in an Ilee he heres A grete glauir & a glaam of grekin tongis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5639 : And þar was grauyn in þos gomes with grekin letteris..þe tried names of his twelfe princes.
b
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)122/24 : Hit is founde in olde bokis of the grecanys that god Sende His angill to Hym.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)129/3 : Otheris sayde that the grecanys (or grekis, whych you semyth beste Englyshe) ne shold not be scomfite.