Middle English Dictionary Entry
Tartā̆rī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Tartā̆rī(e n. Also (errors) tartasy, sartarye, sarcarye. |
| Etymology | OF tartarie & ML Tartāria. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The land of the Tartars, Tartary; (b) cloth of ~, a costly fabric, perhaps a kind of silk, made in (or originally made in, or imported via) Tartary; clothes of tartarie(s.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.9 : At Sarray in the land of Tartarye [vrr. Sartarye, Sarcarye] Ther dwelte a kyng that werreyed Russye.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)146/26 : It is but lityll more þan viij ȝeer þat all Tartarye [Man.(2): þe folk of Tartre] was in subiectioun & in seruage to othere nacyouns abouten.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)149/26 : Alle the men of Tartarye [F toutz les Tartarins] han the nombre of ix in gret reuerence.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)199/17 : And þan dured cristendom beȝonde the see all Turkye..Tartarie, Ierusalem..& all the lond of Egypte.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)64/20-21 : He schall ga thurgh Almayne and Pruyss and so to Tartary [F la Tartarie]: Þis Tartary es halden of þe Grete Caan of Cathay.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)1025 : Ne sende men..To Pruyse, and into Tartarye.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5665 : Now sall I neuyn ȝow þe names..Turke, Tuscane, & Troy and Tartasy [read: Tartary].
b
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)24/19 : Before the soudan cometh no strangier but ȝif he be clothed in cloth of gold or of tartarie [Man.(2): tars; F tartaire] or of camaka.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)116/25 : Þei setten this ydole vpon a chare..arrayed with..riche clothes of Tartarye.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)152/27 : Þeise..festes ben made..in..tentes made of clothes of gold & of tartaries [Man.(2): tartarene; F tartaires].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)153/1 : Þei ben all clothed in clothes of gold or of tartaries or of camokas.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)163/3 : The Tartarienes..ben clothed with precious clothes of Tartarye & of clothes of gold.