Middle English Dictionary Entry
Babiloine n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Babiloine n. Also Babilon(ie. |
| Etymology | OF & L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Babylonia.
Associated quotations
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)6.18 : Bethleem and Babiloyne [C: Babilonie] I haue ben in boþe.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.63 : Ther may he seen the large woundes wyde of Lucresse and of Babilan [vrr. Babiloun, babiloyn] Tesbee.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2082 : Irous Cirus..Whan that he wente, Babiloyne to wynne.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)1061 : Al the rychesse That ever was in Babyloyne.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)1/11 : The sawdeyn of Babilon.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (c1330) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100518 : 20 li. zukur Babilon, li. 7 d.
Note: Supplementary material: antedates word.
Note: ?New sense: this word is used adjectivally.
Note: Add to form section: Also..Babilan, Babiloun, Babiloin.--notes per MLL