Middle English Dictionary Entry
Nūbiā̆n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Nūbiā̆n n. Also nubien, nuben, niubian & (Latinate pl.) nubiani. |
| Etymology | ML Nūbiānus & OF Nubien. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A Nubian, one of the pagan people allied with the Saracens; (b) a member of an Eastern sect of Christians.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)873 : Than came Baldezynz with thronge To reskue there here lorde, And nubens with hem amonge And Turkes by one accorde.
b
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)81/5 : Þer ben oþere þat men clepen Nestoryenes, And summe Arryenes, Summe Nubyenes..all þeise han manye articles of oure feyth, & to othere þei ben varyaunt.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)60/4 : Sum also er called Nestorianes, sum Arrianes, sum Nubienes..All er þai called Cristned men..bot neuerþeles in many poyntes þai vary fra vs and fra oure faith.
- c1450(?c1400) 3 KCol.(1) (Cmb Ee.4.32)144/32 : As towchyng þes sectys of heretikes..þe first secte is cleped Nubiani and þes be of þe kyngdom of Arabie and of Nubye þer as Melchior was kyng, and þes be trewe cristen men.
- c1450(?c1400) 3 KCol.(1) (Cmb Ee.4.32)146/11 : Þes men be noȝt holde in so grete reuerence as þe Nubyans [vr. Nywbyanus], for þei kepe noȝt þe feiþ so trewlich as þei do.