1
toponym
African, pertaining to (the continent of) Africa:
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Ainz nus livra Rodmund, [i]cel rei affricanz
297
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Rollac vint devant els, surquidé e preisaunt: N'i out meillor vassal el regné affricant
2990
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
des evesqes affricans qui por la fei defendre parlerent aprés lor langues trenchees
22.XXXII
♦
of African manufacture, provenance:
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Un corn prist de bugle, dunt la liste iert gemmee [...] Si iert d'or affrican merveilles bien ovree
4155
1demonymAfrican, person from (the continent of) Africa:
(
MS: s.xii2/4
)
D'Affrique i ad un Affrican venut, Ço est Malquiant, le filz al rei Malcud
1550
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
De ceste femme engendra Abraham Set fiz aprés, ceo sunt li Affrican
(B) 641
(
1214-16;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
Agolaunt assembla mout de gens dount il est nul numbres, kar il out Sarazyns e Mores e Moabites, Turs, Affricans, Perseys, Ethiopiens
300
(
c.1334;
MS: s.xivm
)
le Sessouns habitauntz en Engleterre [...] alerent apres Gormound, roi de Affrik, qi estoit doncs venuz en Yrlaunde, et l'amenerent en Engleterre ové son ost cent et sesaunte mil de Affricans
194.22
(
s.xiv2/3;
MS: s.xivex
)
Donqe comencerent Sessouns et Affricans a destruire partut
2749
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affrican (s.xii2/4)