Middle English Dictionary Entry
Spain(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Spain(e n. Also spaigne, spanie, speine. |
| Etymology | From OF Espaigne, AF Espaine; for form spanie also cp. L Hispānia, Spānia. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The country of Spain; ?Castille [quot. c1450 Ponthus]; pl. the two parts of Spain in ancient Roman nomenclature; contre (kingdom, lond) of ~; spaines erthe, Spain, Spanish soil; further (yonder) ~, the ancient Roman province of Baetica in south central Spain; hider (neigher) ~, the ancient Roman province Tarraconensis, covering north, central, and southeastern Spain; loue ~, ?the coastal region of Valencia; portes of ~, ?passes in the Pyrenees; se of ~, the Mediterranean Sea or part of it; (b) in prov. expressions; (c) oile of ~, a kind of medicinal oil; peletre of ~ [see peletre n. 2.(b)]; sope of (de) ~; win of ~, Spanish wine; (d) in names.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)699 : Heo ferden from Spaine [F des pors d'Espaigne] riht toward Brutaine.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12184 : Nes na cniht ne na swein..from þa porz of Spaine to þan tune of Alemaine þat þider i-comen nere.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)15325 : Hii hete hine Kinebord vt of Spaynes eorþ [Clg: Spainisce ard].
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1257 : Y-comen he is in-to Normundye..Þennes he went in-to Speyne.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2909 : Þan þout hire þat..hire left arm lai al ouer spayne [F Espaigne].
- (?c1375-a1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3565 : O worthy Petro, glorie of Spayne [rime: complayne].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.299 : Þere beeþ tweye Spaynes [Higd.(2): there be ij Speynes; L Duplex..est Hispania]; þe hyder [Higd.(2): nyer Speyne] bygynneþ from þe pleynes and valeys of Pireneies and streccheþ by Cantabria and endeþ at Carthago Spartaria; Þe ȝonder Spayne [Higd.(2): The forther Spayne; L Ulterior..Hispania] conteyneþ þe west partye..to þe see Gaditanus.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)174a/b : Asturia is a prouynce of þe hider spayne.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21013 : Iacob prechid wide-war, And..þe land o spaigne [Trin-C: speyne] in fait he fest.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.549 : Many a seint..in fele contreyes deyeden, In ynde and in alisaundre, in ermonye and in Spayne.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)96/1 : Lybye..begynneth at the see of Spayne, fro þens where the pyleres of hercules ben.
- a1450-a1500(1436) Libel EP (Warner)86 : For Spayne and Flaundres is as yche othere brothere.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)139 : For here es alle þe folke of..Lorreyne, of Lumbardye, and of Lawe Spayne.
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)13b : Þe cuntre of Spayne.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)1/5 : The kyng Tiber of Spayne..had to his wyf the kynges doghtre of Aragon.
- (1472) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.143 : Shipp of Spayne schall haue no fauour for vitailing nor otherwise within the seid Royalme.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)772/9 : Polemius..had take hym a wyfe of þe kyngdome of Spayne.
b
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3915 : Þer nas bituene þis & spayne [vr. spanye] no prince..Þat nas at þis rounde table.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)807 : Þer nis no kniȝt in Speyne [F Espaine] Al to þe se of Breteyne Þat ouȝt y-told wiþ be Þer men schal his miȝt se.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)110/1939 : A gode kniȝt and no coward -- Anon to Speyne his better nis.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2573 : Thou shalt make castels thanne in spayne [rime: vayne].
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.565 : This wyn of Spaigne [vrr. spayne, spayn] crepeth subtilly In othere wynes growynge faste by.
- (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester8 : 4 cas sope de Spayne, ij d.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)22/19 : Tak mercury & sape of spayn & welle it in oyle & anoynt þe þer-with.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)217 : Contra omnem scabiem: Tak arpmant & slekyd lyme & argoyle & tempre hem to geder, & do blak sope of spayne þer to.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.1613 : Take oyle of spayne and temper it with clere wyne.
d
- (1301) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 2160 : Johanne Spayn.
- (1338) Name in LuSE 356 : Spaynman.
- (1361-2) Doc.Thaxted in Ess.ROP 3371 : John Spayne.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)184b/b : Þe water of maister Peter off spayne þe whiche clarifieþ and confortiþ þe yȝen.
- (1471) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.136 : Oure lettres of sauf conduyt vnto a Ship..called the Marie of Spayne.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)51/22 : John of Spayn..translated it out of Grewe and Arrabik into Latyn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Sln.963 Artist.Recipes (Sln 963) 243/20 : Blank de Spayne..ys mad on the same wyse, save the platys of blank de Spayne mote ben often yscrapyd.
Note: New cpd., sense (c). Clarke's gloss = 'white lead'.