Middle English Dictionary Entry
ost-man n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ost-man n. |
| Etymology | ML ostmannus, from ON. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A Scandinavian invader of Ireland or one of his descendants.
Associated quotations
- [ a1200-1513(1188) Giraldus Top.Hibernica in RS 21.5186 : De Ostmannorum adventu..de Norwagiæ et insularum borealium partibus..in insulam quidam advenerunt. ]
- [ a1200-1513(1188) Giraldus Top.Hibernica in RS 21.5187 : Dicti sunt autem Ostmanni lingua ipsorum, corrupto quodam Saxonico, quasi orientales homines. ]
- (1264) Doc.Ireland in RS 53149 : Hodo Macfoyde, Ostman.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)82/23 : He..slogh four knyghtes that weren ouer ham, & four hundret ostmen [L Ostmannorum viros].