• antiquitẹ

antiquitẹ n. OF ; cp. L antiquitat-em . Ancient times, the past; antiquity (usu. with ref. to Israel, Greece, or Rome); time of ; in ; bokes of , ancient books, books of the Ancients; of old (eld) , from

• Ribol

Ribol n. Cp. MLG rivol wine from Rivoglio in Istria or Gr. Robola a wine from Cephalonia, Greece. A wine, ?from Rivoglio or Cephalonia. (1393) Acc.Exped.Der. in Camd.n.s.52 223/8 Item, pro j buta de Riboll pro galeia, xj duc.

• Fotianes

Fotianes n.pl. An ancient heretical sect, the Photinians. (c1449) Pecock Repr. Cmb Kk.4.26 499 The sect of Fotyanys..helden that Crist was conceyued and bigete betwixe Ioseph and Marie bi fleischli deede.

• phalange

phalange n. L phalanx , -angis , from Gr. An ancient military division. (a1460) Vegetius(2) Pmb-C 243 670 viii thousant werreours was a phalange In dayis olde.

• Israelitish

Israelitish adj. From Israelite n. Belonging to ancient Israel. c1175(?OE) HRood Bod 343 2/5 Moyses..ferde of egyptum ofer þam raede sae mid þam israelitiscan folce.

• Judaisme

Judaisme n. L The religious system of the ancient Jews, Judaism. a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist. Corp-C 32 Gal.1.13 For ȝee hafe herde my conuersacyoun sum tyme in Iudaisme [L in Iudaismo].

• Grẹk-lond

OE grec-land Greece. ?c1200 Orm. Jun 1 16423 Off þatt name toc Drihhtin..An staff þatt iss ȝehatenn MY Affterr Gricclandess spaeche. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 327 He iwende sorhful..into Griclonde [Otho: Greclonde]. c1275(?a1200) Lay. Brut Clg A.9 376 In

• Dagon

Heb. The national deity of the ancient Philistines, represented with the head, chest, and arms of a man, and the tail of a fish. a1425(a1382) WBible(1) Corp-O 4 Judg.16.23 The princis of Philistiens camen to gidre in oon, for to

• Romainer

Romainer n. From Romain n. A soldier of ancient Rome. a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 Lamb 131 4648 Right als þey picched þer pauylons, Cam Cassibolan wyþ þe Bretons, Erles, barons, knyghte, squiers, Asperly folle on þe Romayners [vr. romayns].

• ipate-ipaton

ipate-ipaton n. From Gr. Mus. The lowest tone in the lowest tetrachord in ancient Greek music. a1550 Norton OAlch. BodeMus 63 1669 Ioyne your elements musically..withe diapenter and with diacesseron, withe ypate ypaton, and likanos the muse.

• vetuse

vetuse adj. From L vetus , but may have originated in a misunderstanding of a place name. Old, ancient;-used as epithet. a1425 KAlex. LinI 150 6660 Sampson þeo vetuse [Auch: of Enuise], for myn amour Þou hast y þolid

• curie

L curia One of the districts into which the city of Rome was divided in ancient time; of ded men , the Esquiline (long used as a cemetery). a1425 Medulla Stnh A.1.10 25a/a Esquile [read: esquiliae], curie of dede men.

• piles

(b) feathers, plumage. 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans Blades 1881 leaf e iij/b And all that berith greece and piles ther vppon Euer shall be strypte when thay be vndoon. c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced. Grv 60 814 Þan fetches hee a sea-foule, faire of

• frank-fẹ

in fee-simple (as opposed to ancient demesne ). (1447-8) Shillingford 114 The saide boke provyth that the Bysshoppys tenementis were frank fe and cevered fro the Kyngs aunceon demene. (1447-8) Shillingford 120 The seyd Churche londis and tenantis buth noo

• emina

from Gr. The hemina, an ancient measure (see quots. for defin.). a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule Cld D.3 85/26 Þaes wynes ȝemet, þe is emina ȝehaten. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 330a/b Accetabulus is the fourþe parte of emina and conteyneþ xij dragmes..Emina

• Persia

n. L Ancient Persia. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 188a/a Persia [L Persia] oþer persida is a cuntrey in Asia..Persia hath þe name of Perseus þe kyng þat come oute grees in to Asia. ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) Hrl 2261 2.257 The

• Persis

, etc. The land of the Persians, ancient Persia. (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) 1 Mac.3.31 He..thouȝte for to go in to Persis [L Persidem] and to take tributis of cuntrees. (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) 1 Mac.14.2 Arsaces, kyng of Persis

• Numidianes

adj. The inhabitants of the ancient province of Numidia. ?a1425 Mandev.(2) Eg 1982 24/8 Betwix Egipte and þe land þat es called Numid er xii day iourneez in desertes. Þe folk þat wones in þat cuntree er called Numidianes, and

• quaternioun

a body of four soldiers. An ancient Roman leader of a squad of four soldiers. (c1384) WBible(1) Dc 369(2) Deeds 12.4 He sente [Peter] into prisoun, and bitakinge to foure quaternyouns [WB(2) Gloss. (Frf): a quaternion is he that hath

• Quirites, querites

querites . L The ancient Romans; Roman warriors. (a1398) Trev. Barth. Add 27944 334a/b Persius..seiþ þat buccina made þe olde qwyrites arraye hemself nameliche in armure. c1425(a1420) Lydg. TB Aug A.4 2.5671 Of Romeyns ferþer to devine, Þei most in