almain
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Almain¹
- /ˈæl.meɪn/
Where it comes from
From Middle English Alemaine, Almayne, from Anglo-Norman Allemaine, Almaine et al., Old French Alemaigne, from Late Latin Alamannia (“territory of the Alamanni tribe”), from Alemannī, Allemannī, of Germanic origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic.
proper noun Almayne
- Germany. 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.
noun Almains · Almayne
- A German. 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 allemande.
adjective more Almain · most Almain · Almayne
- German. 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 hoꝛſ
almain²
noun almains
- Alternative form of Almain (“type of dance”).
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