Middle English Dictionary Entry
Cānānē n. & adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | Cānānē n. & adj. Also Canan, Chanane. |
| Etymology | L Chananæus, ult. Heb. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A Canaanite; as epithet: the Canaanite; (b) Canaanitish.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.10.4 : These ben the names..Symount Canane [WB(2): Chananee; L Chananæus].
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.13.7 : Chananeus [WB(2): Chananei] and Fereseus dwelliden in that lond.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)49/9 : Þat contree hath ben in the hondes..of Chananees [Eg: Cananez; F Cananees], Assiryenes, Perses.
b
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.59 : Thynk on the womman Cananee [vrr. Canane, Canan].