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Constantynople
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Middle English
Proper noun
enm proper noun 1
enm Constantinople
enm Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982) ?a1425 5/5 and 10/26 At Constantynople es þe spounge and þe rede of whilk þe Iewes gafe oure Lord to drynke.Þe emperour of Constantynoplegiffes all þe digniteez of haly kirk in þat cuntree, and he pryues þaim þat him think vnworthy.
enm Lydg.FP (Bod 263) (?a1439) 9.604 To Constantynople he hasted hymBe Cecile the weie was almost [?read: most] meete.
enm Alph.Tales (Add 25719) c1450 262/27, 291/5, and 458/6 Þis lettre he garte hafe privalie vnto Constantynople & caste it in þe Emperours pales.He delyverd þe Holie Lande oute of Saracens handis, and come fro thens-ward be Constantynople.Hym happend for to dye at Constantynople, &when þai wold hafe opynd hym & sesond hym with spycis at he myght hafe bene carid [read: curid], he rase vpp & was whikk.