1toponymhist.Albion, ancient name for Britain:
(
s.xiii2;
MS: 1333-34
)
Brutus vint [...] E le noun Albion osta, E pus Bretayne la noma
(A) 26.489
(
s.xiii3/4;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Ceste isle out a nun primes Albion, e puis de Brut fu elle apelé Brutaigne; mes puis ke les Germaniens ourent cele isle cunquise, si fu apelé Engletere
16
(
1280-1307;
MS: s.xiv1
)
En l’isle de Albeon, qe Brutus fu nomee
474.27
(
c.1334;
MS: s.xivm
) Ceste ysle Albion avant la venue Brutus fu enhabité des fortz geanz
36.26
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Albeon (s.xiii2)