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Ermyn
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ermyn
Middle English
Etymology
From enm fro Ermin, from enm la Armenius.
Noun
enm noun
an Armenian
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monkes Tale, in the Hengwrt MS of Chaucer's Canterbury tales:
The Emperour of Rome / Claudius
Ne hym biforn / the Romayn Galien
Ne dorsten neuere / been so corageus
Ne noon Ermyn / ne noon Egipcien
No Surryen / ne noon Arabien
With-Inne the feeldes / þat dorste with hire fighte
Lest þat she wolde / hem with hir handes slen
Or with hire meynee / putten hem to flighte.
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