Almain

almain English Alternative forms en Almayne obsolete Etymology From en enm Alemaine, enm Almayne, from en xno Allemaine, fro Almaine et al., en fro Alemaigne, from en la-lat Alamannia territory of the Alamanni tribe, from la Alemanni Alemannī, Allemannī, of en gem - origin probably corresponding to en all + en men. Compare en Alemannic. Pronunciation en /ˈæl.meɪn/ Proper noun en now _ historical Germany. from 13th c. en c. 1541 The Chronicle of Calais London 1846 The x. of Awgust Maximilian emperowr of Almayne came to kynge Henry of England besyde Terwen, and there the emperowre had wages of the kynge. en 1994 Marianne Constable The Law of the Other 162 The merchants who owned the goods claimed that the King of Almain was the lord of the town, and the Bishop could not do justice in the matter. Noun en now _ archaic literary poetic A German. from 14th c. II iii 31 Caſ[ſio]. Is your Engliſh man ſo expert in his drinking? / Iag[o]. Why he drinkes you with facillity, your Dane dead drunke: he ſweats not to ouerthrow your Almaine; he giues your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can be fild. A kind of dance. See en allemande allemande. from 16th c. Adjective en now archaic historical German. from 15th c. A4 Fauſtus theſe bookes thy wit and our experience / Shall make all nations to canonize vs, / As Indian Mooꝛes obey their Spaniſh Loꝛds, / So ſhall the ſubiects of euery element / Be alwaies ſeruiceable to vs thꝛée, / Like Lyons ſhall they guard vs when we pleaſe, / Like Almaine Rutters with their hoꝛſemens ſtaues, / Oꝛ Lapland Gyants trotting by our ſides, / Sometimes like women, oꝛ vnwedded maides, / Shadowing moꝛe beautie in their ayrie bꝛowes, / Then in their white bꝛeaſts of the queene of Loue: Derived terms en almond-furnace Related terms almain rivet Anagrams en aailmn maalin lamian aminal Manila lamina al-Amin Milana Alamin animal Animal Malian manila Old Irish Etymology From sga la Alemannia. Proper noun sga proper noun f sga Germany country sga Germáin Mutation