Middle English Dictionary Entry
Libīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Libīe n. Also Lebie. |
| Etymology | L Libyus & Libyẹ̄. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An inhabitant of Lybia, a Lybian; (b) the country, Lybia; ~ lond.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)185a/a : Men of þis londe..saylden in to Affrica and medled hem self with þe lybies men of libia; and þe libies called hem mabros.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.27 : Bellona..That wyth the dwellyth..In Lebyelonde.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.7.56 : Hercules caste adoun Antheus the geaunt in the strondes of Libye.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)130/31 : George, þe triboone, born at Capadocius, come in a certeyne tyme in-to the prouince of Libie in-to the cite þat is called Silena.