Middle English Dictionary Entry
Babilons n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Babilons n. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(pl.) The Babylonians.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.155 : Cresus..halp þe Babilons [L Babylonios]..and whanne þe Babilons were i-sesed, Cirus took Cresus.
- a1500 Methodius(3) (Stw 953)564 : The fers babylons..ffowre ml. ȝere regnyd also.