Britayne

Middle English Alternative forms enm Britaine Britane Britaigne Brittaigne Briteyne Brytayn enm Bretain Bretaine Bretaigne Bretainne Bretaygne Breteigne Breteine Breteyn enm Brutaigne Brutaine Bruteine enm Breotene Bretene early Etymology enm :bor xno:Bretaigne<alt:Britaine> From enm xno Britaine, xno Bretaine, xno Bretagne, variants of enm fro Bretaigne, fro Bretannie via enm la-med Britānia, la Bretannia from enm la Britannia; whence a enm Bretene 1 via ang Breoton, ang Breten. Proper noun Britain enm Engelond Hg Franklin's Tale 155 https://viewer.library.wales/4628556#?#&cv=320&xywh=406%2C1151%2C1928%2C1618 A yeer and moore laſted this bliſful lyf, / Til that the knyght of which I ſpeke of thus, / That of Kayrrud was cleped Arveragus, / Shoop hym to goon and dwelle a yeer or twayne / In Engelond, that cleped was ek Britayne A year and more lasted this blissful life, / Until the knight of whom I thus speak, / That was called Arveragus of Kayrrud, / Prepared himself to go and dwell a year or two / In England, which was also called Britain enm John Wrexworth, Guyan King-of-Arms Grant of Arms to William Swayne of Somerset 1461 Add. MS. 14295, fo. 5b The wch blason I the foresayd Gwyon Kinge of Armes witnesse: not then borne of any other ꝑson whatsoever he bee wthin the Realme of England (otherwyse called the Ile of Great Brittaigne) 1926 A Collection of Miscellaneous Grants, Crests, Confirmations, Augmentations and Exemplifications of Arms in the Mss. Preserved in the British Museum, Ashmolean Library, Queen's College, Oxford, and Elsewhere 77 https://books.google.com/books?id=GOQRAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA192&ots=tXCuhw8_mv&pg=PA192 192 3986596 Willoughby Aston Littledale J. Whitehead and Son, Ltd. London Brittany enm Armorik enm 1386 Geoffrey Chaucer The Franklin's Tale Canterbury Tales 178 Oxford 1988 In Armorik, that called is Britayne, / Ther was a knyght that loved and dide his payne. Derived terms enm Gret Britaine, enm Grete Britayne, enm Grete Britaigne Related terms enm Brittish,Brittische,Brettish,Bruttische,Bruytish Briton,Britoun,Breton,Bretoun,Bruton,Brytoun Britoner Britonish Descendants en Britain See also enm Engelond enm Wales enm Scotlond enm Cornwaile References Britaine n MED6078 Bretagne enm England Brittany, France