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† ˈAlmaine, -any Obs.
Forms: 4–5 almeyne, -egne, 6– -en, 6–7 -ain(e, -aigne, -anie, -any.
[a. OFr. alemaigne:—L. allemania the country of the Allemanni.]
Germany.
c1314Guy Warw. 35 Forth he went into Speyne And after into Almeyne. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxli. 266 Hir fadre was emperour of almayne. 1556Chron. Grey Friars 14 The emperar of Almen. 1562Turner Baths Ded., I was compelled..to fly into hygh Almany. 1585James I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 77 Mein, a riuer in Almanie. 1586T. B. La Primaudaye's Fr. Acad. i. 150 According to the custome of Almaigne. 1622Bacon Henry VII, 10 Fredericke the Third Emperour of Almaine. 1682Milton Hist. Mosc. iv. Wks. 1847, 575/1 Ambassadors from Almany. |