Middle English Dictionary Entry
Sēres n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | Sēres n. plural Also serres, sereses. |
| Etymology | L & AF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The inhabitants of some part of Asia, famous for their production of silk clothes.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)381/7058 : Alisaunder..leden hym by siker paas Al to þe gates of Caspyas; Þise Sereses [vr. Seresys; F Seres]..Þe vppest folk ben of al Ynde; Hij habben sylk..And maken cloþes of grete deynte, And gon hem-seluen liche bare.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3956 : He past with his ost In-to..Bactry..A sertane folke was in þat soile þat Serres ere callid.