Middle English Dictionary Entry
Sulī̆e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Sulī̆e n. Also sullie. |
| Etymology | OF Sulie (s.v. suria in DuCange). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. Sirie n.
1.
The Roman and Byzantine province of Syria, including Palestine.
Associated quotations
- c1330(?a1300) KAlex.(Auch)315 : Tiberie..Þou schalt haue þe lond of Sulie [Ld: Sullye], Acres, Japhes, and Ierusalem, [etc.].
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1692 : Þe duk þere was of Ermynye, of Esclaueyne and of Sulye, Of Pyncenarde and of Mede.