Middle English Dictionary Entry
Pharaō n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Pharaō n. Also pharaon, pharaho, farao(n & pharō(n & (error) phardio; sg. gen. pharaones, etc. & (error) fargos; pl. pharaones. |
| Etymology | L Pharao, -ōnis; ult. Heb. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The title of the ancient rulers of Egypt; -- often treated as a personal name; fig of ~, ~ fig, the sycamore fig.
Associated quotations
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)2/5 : Moyses..ferde..mid þam israelitiscan folce þa ðe he hit alysde of pharaones hæfdnæde.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)87 : Þa iwende pharaon, þe kin of þam londe, efter heom.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)87 : On midden þere se..god bisencte þa þe pharaon and al his genge.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)35/365 : Þe lauerd..alesde ham of pharaones þeowdom.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)53/584 : Ioseph..wes þe ȝungeste..i pharaones halle.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.41.1 : Pharao [WB(2): Farao] seeyȝ a sweuen.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4323 : Looke of Egipte the kyng daun Pharao [vrr. phardio, Pharaho], His bakere and his butiller also, Wher they ne felte noon effect in dremes.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.443 : God yaf his benysoun to Pharao [vr. kyng Pharao] by the seruyce of Iacob.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4512 : Pharaon [Trin-C: pharao] þe king Sagh in slepe suilk a sueuening.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5333 : Þis ha faraon þe king; Godd giue him his brad blissing.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)8.147 : It befel..in faraos [vrr. haraoes, pharaoys, faraonis, pharo, pharoo his, fargos; C vr. pharoes] tyme Þat Iosep was Iustice, Egipt to kepe.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)32/3 : Þere ben also Fige trees þat beren no leves but fyges vpon the smale braunches, & men clepen hem Figes of Pharoon [Man.(2): Pharao fyges].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)37/31 : Þere passed Moyses with the children of Israel..Whan Pharao, the kyng of Egypt, chaced hem.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)282 : Joseph..redde..The kynges metynge Pharao.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)516 : Isaye, ne Scipion, Ne kyng Nabugodonosor, Pharoo [vr. Pharo], Turnus, ne Elcanor, Ne mette such a drem as this.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)23 : Thanne regned thei cleped Diapolitani, xviii of hem, and thei were clepid Pharaones.