Middle English Dictionary Entry
Rōmain n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Rōmain n. Also romaine, romein(e, (in surname) roman; pl. romaines, etc. & (early) romane & (error) ramanis. |
| Etymology | OF romain(e, roman & L Rōmānus & OE Rōmāne pl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An inhabitant of ancient Rome or the Roman Empire; also, a Roman citizen; (b) a Roman soldier; pl. Roman troops, the Roman army; (c) a Christian in ancient Rome; (d) pl. the epistle of Paul to the Romans; (e) an inhabitant of medieval Rome; also, a medieval physician associated with Rome; (f) king of romaines, ?the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; (g) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)80.23/1 : Þeos wyrt þa grecas buglosam & romane lingua bubula & engle glowyrt & oþrun nama hundes tunge hataþ.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)12/27 : He þolede dyaþ onder pouns pilate þet wes paen and demere ine þo time ine ierusalem by þe romayns.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3551 : Hir chaar..This grete Romayn, this Aurelian, Hath with hym lad.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.11.34 : Romayns senten an epistle, hauynge it thus, 'Quintus Menius and Titus Manylius, legatis of Romayns, to the peple of Jewis, helthe, [etc.].'
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1774 : The Romeins that time hadde A Consul which was cleped thus Be name, Paul Emilius.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21470 : Fordon yee haf me wit yur dome, þat yee romains [Göt: ramanis] has broght fra rome.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)18.281 : Meny man for crystes loue was martred a-mong romaynes [B: in Romanye] Er cristendome were knowe þer oþer eny croys honoured.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.328 : Þis alien was kyng bi þe graunt of Romayns, and he wiste not how Crist wolde do þat was bi kynde kynge.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.7.79 : May thanne the glorie of a synguler Romeyn [vr. Romeyne; L Romanihominis] strecchen thider as the fame of the name of Rome may nat clymben ne passen?
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)38/6 : Þis land of Ierusalem has bene in many diuerse naciouns handes, as Iews, Cananez..Romaynes, Cristen men, Sarzenes.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.3100 : He was callid..Among Romeyns..Of elloquence the lanterne & the liht.
- ?c1450 Brut-1419 (Hrl 24)19 : Sithe hit be falle that kyng Arthur..wolde gon to alle ffraunce that thanne was clepede Galle, thurgh Romanis that thane helde that lande.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)193/10 : In cace like it shewed by the Romayn Fabius Maximus in the tyme of his dictature.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)729/10 : I Rede in þe gestes of Romaynes That þer was an Emperour of Rome Þat ordende suche a lawe, [etc.].
- a1500 *Vsp.Weights (Vsp E.9)91b : Þer is a yere wiche was ffound by þe Arabynys, and anodyr was ffound by þe Romans.
b
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1201 : Vor þe brutons woxe vaste, þe romeins bineþe were.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4067 : Wanne þe romeins aboute beþ vs to binyme vr riȝte, Wiþ reson we wolleþ hom bi nime, ȝif we mowe to gadere fiȝte.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1948 : Of romayns to rekkene þe numbre, treuli twenti þousand, a-tired atte best.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4555 : The Romayns hadden brend Cartage.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2199 : Hanybal..of Romeins in a dai..a multitude slowh.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.1404 : Whan she saw that Romayns wan the toun She..chees rather to dye Than any Romayn dide hire vileynye.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4655 : Þe Romayns..A-geyn þe Brutons stifly..stoden, Als a wal þe scheltrom held.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)5b : Nombre of Romayns haue auayled aȝenst þe grete nombre of Frenchemen bot by þese menes?
- c1470 Bible F.(Cleve-W q091.92-C468)76/6 : Thei were so mightily bisegid bi Vaspasian and the cheualrous Romains that þei miȝt not passe ne issue upon no side.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) Prols.Rom.(NYPubLib 67)4.298 : He writeth therfore to the Romaynes, the whiche beende summe of Jewis and summe of paynymes bileeuende, wolden with proud contencioun vnderpoten either other.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2179 : The Apostle Poul vn to the Romayns writeth, 'Man shal reioyse with hem that maken ioye and wepen with swich folk as wepen.'
- c1400 Wycl.LAChurch (Dub 244)p.xxxvi : Poul writiþ to þe romayns, v co. 'He schal preye for vs.'
- a1425 WBible(1) Prols.Rom.(Magd-C F.4.6)4.298 : Here bygynneth the prologe of Jerome in to the episteles of Poule to Romaynes.
- a1425 WBible(2) Prol.Rom.(2) (Lnsd 455)4.301 : Romayns ben thai that of Jewis and of hethene men gaderid to gidere bileeueden in Crist.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)37/29 : For as the Apostle wrote to the Romayns, 'The kynge is nat the feer of wele-doers, [etc.].'
d
- 1397 WBible(2) (Cai 343/539)4.297 : Here endith the gospel of Joon, and here bigynnith the prologe to Romayns.
- a1400 WBible(1) Prols.Rom.(Add 15580)4.298 : Here bigynnyth the prologe on Romayns.
e
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.13 : For þe malys of þe Romayns, þat made of hem self unlaweful popes, he ordeyned þat no pope schulde be i-made wiþoute assente of þe emperour.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)560/31 : Tho tymes of þe ȝere þat ben ouer hote and ouer colde ben to be eschewede..of the whiche þe Romayns taken 20ti fro þe ende of Iule vnto 20ti in þe bygynnynge of haruest.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)85 : Þis is þe cause as I suppose þat fewe romanes walk þe sercle but þe stacioun as a man may pleynly se.
f
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)9/19 : Ane Abbott..come vnto Philipp, þat was kyng of Romayns, for dyvers nedis of his howse.
g
- (1205) Fine R.King John246 : Johannes Roman.
- (1276) Hundred R.Tower 1118 : Johannus le Romein.
- (1286) Wardrobe Acc.de Clare in Archaeol.7020 : Inde lib. Thome dicto le Romeyn.
- (1296-7) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.66127 : De 6 d. de Iohanne le Romayn.
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 21120 : Petrus le Romeyn.