Middle English Dictionary Entry
Armenīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Armenīe n. Also armanie, armonie, ermanie, h)ermonie. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Armenia; poudre of ~, ?Armenian bole.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)214a/b : Of amomum þer is þre manere of kynde, for som is of armenia.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)8.173 : Ich haue ybe..In ermanie [vr. armonye], in alisaundre, and in damascle.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)18.272 : In Inde and in alisaundrie, in ermanye [vrr. ermonye, hermonye], in spayne.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)62a : He..stanchith þe menisoun..wiþ plaster y-made with pouder of Armany.
- a1500(1445) ?Lydg.Marg.Entry (Hrl 3869)23 : Noe this Arke didde forge..founde a restyng place After the flood vppon this armonie.