Middle English Dictionary Entry
Nembrot n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Nembrot n. Also nembroth, nem(e)roth, nemoroth. |
| Etymology | L Nemrod; ult. Heb. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Nimrod, founder of cities and builder of the tower of Babel [see Gen. 10.8 ff.].
Associated quotations
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)673 : Nembrot nam wið strengðhe ðat lond, And helde ðe tur of babel in his hond.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen. 10.8,9 : Chus forsothe gat Nemeroth [WB(2): Nemroth]; he bigan to be myȝti in the erthe..of that ȝede out a prouerbe, as Nemoroth, a strong hunter bifore the Lord.
- ?c1425(c1380) Chaucer Form.A.(Benson-Robinson)58 : Yit was not Jupiter the likerous..Come in this world; ne Nembrot [vr. nembroth], desirous To regne, had nat maad his toures hye.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.1455 : From Adam ther reknyd been in deede Onto Nembroth..A thousand yeer, seuene hundrid and elleuene.