Middle English Dictionary Entry
Ismaelītes n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | Ismaelītes n. plural Also hismaelites. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The Ishmaelites; (b) the Arabs as descendants of Abraham's son Ishmael.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.31 : Abraham made þat hous for his children Ismaelites.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)176a/b : Cedar is þe name of þe cuntre in þe whiche wonede þe ysmaelites, þat weren þe children of Cedar, þat was ysmaels eldeste sone, for ysmael was Abrahams sone ygete on his seruaunt Agar.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Judg.8.24 : Ysmaelitis weren woned to han golden eereryngis.
- a1425 Methodius(1) (Hrl 1900)100/13 : He went into þe desert of Saba, in þe lond of Hismaelites.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.19 : After oþer woo com þe pestilence of þe Ismaelites [L Ismaelitarum].