Middle English Dictionary Entry
Arabes n. (plural)
Entry Info
Forms | Arabes n. (plural) Also Arrabes. |
Etymology | L Arabes |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Arabs.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)235a/a : Þe arrabes makeþ fuyre of schredynge þerof.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)193/19 : Arabes clepen impetigo morphea.
- a1450 Methodius(2) (Add 37049)107/34 : Egipcij & Arabes has denyed Crist.