Middle English Dictionary Entry
Nor-man n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Nor-man n. Also noreman, normon; pl. norman(n)es, -mans, -mains, -mens, -manz, -maunz, noremans, -mauns & normanne. |
| Etymology | OF Normant, pl. Normanz & LOE Norman, var. of Norþ-man. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A Norman; Normans [quot.: (a1464)].
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7115 : Seoððen comen Normans [Otho: Normains]..and nemneden heo Lundres.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)73/81 : Þis Noremauns and þis Englische..Þare ase þe Abbeie of þe bataille is, ate daye to-gadere huy come.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6700-1 : He þoȝte ȝif he were king, þat folc of normandie Al maistres make in engelond þoru strengþe & tricherye, & deseriti hom also, þoru normannes he þoȝte; Þeruore mid him of normens [vr. normandye; B: noremans; vr. Normandes] so muche folc he broȝte So þat heie men of þe lond he broȝte al to is wille.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7500 : Of þe normans beþ heyemen þat beþ of engelonde, & þe lowemen of saxons, as ich vnderstonde.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.29 : Þe sixte from þe Danes to þe Normans [Higd.(2): Normannes; L Normannorum]; Þe seuenþe fro Normans to oure tyme.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.159 : Children in scole..beeþ compelled..for to construe hir lessouns and here þynges in Frensche, and so þey haueþ seþ þe Normans come first in to Engelond.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.263 : Þe Wandales somtyme wan Affrica, and þe Longebardes Italy, and þe Normans Gallia.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24781 : Scippes did he dight him þar Intil jngland for to fare, Apon þe normanz [Frf: normaunces; Göt: normandes] for to fight.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.75 : Þe Normans in þe South wer in so grete affray.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)78/21 : Kyng Arthure hade at þat table Britons, Fraunchemen, Normannes, Flemynges, [etc.].
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5852 : Fals-Semblant and Abstinaunce..Shull at the hyndre gate assayle, That Wikkid-Tunge hath in kepyng, With his Normans [F Normans], full of janglyng.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4101 : Þenne come þe Normaunz & þe Frankisch, Couþe nought com on to calle hit þis; ffor London Londres þey hit calde.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)63/14 : The Normannes, þei sey, þei cam fro Norweye & conqwered þe lond wher þei dwelle.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)112 : Than was mad pes on this manere, that the Kyng of the Normanne schuld be baptized, and the Kyng of Frauns schuld be his Godfader.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)661 : They say..Prouynciales, & Almaynes, that couthen wel fyȝt on the playnes, normans, bothe stoute and fere.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)183/4 : He broght Pouer of Englyssh-men, Normanes, and Walschemen into laynystere.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)141/14 : Irysh-men..of two new men, and namely of the Normanes, waryn shamefully rescewid.
2.
A Norman; also, a Northman, a Norwegian: (a) in surnames; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.52].
Associated quotations
a
- (1086) Domesday Bk.Exch.167b : Willelmus filius Norman.
- (1163) in Pipe R.Soc.659 : Thomas filius Norman.
- (1170) in Pipe R.Soc.1553 : Hugo Norman.
- (1271) Pat.R.in Archaeol.Cant.2069 : Galfridus Noreman.
b
- (c1110) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)117 : Normanneby.
- (1160) EPNSoc.3 (Bedf.& Hnt.)180 : Normannecros.
- (1290) Rec.Norwich 214 : Ad communem venellam que vocatur Normaneslane.
- (1291) EPNSoc.29 (Der.)649 : Normonton.
- (1308) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)58 : Normannebi.
- (1460) EPNSoc.28 (Der.)282 : North Normanton.