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Bretagne (s.xii1/3)
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Bretagne (s.xii1/3)

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Bretaign,  Bretaigne,  Bretaignie,  Bretain,  Bretaine,  Bretaygne;  Bretannie;  Britaine;  Brutayne  
  FEW:  Bretagne 1,518a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  Britain n.1 and a.  / Britain n.2  MED:  Britaine n.  DMLBS:  Britannia 218a

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1toponymBrittany: 
( 1139-50; MS: s.xiiex ) A la terre sun nun rendrunt: Bretaine la repelerunt  Description Verse 228
( 1140-1160; MS: 1140-1160 )  jo Eadgars, li reis de tute l’ithle d’Engleterre e d’Escoce e de Cumbrelande e d’iceste Bretaine e de tuz les envirun gisanz realmes  Ely Arch 265.1.3
( 1344 )  trier les petitions de Gascoigne, Gales, Bretaigne, […]  Rot Parl1 ii 147
( 1403 )  touz les rebellez de South Gales, ovec les gentz de Fraunce et Brutayne, fueront venuz verz le chastiell et la ville de Kedwelly  Roy Lett Hen IV i 160
2Briton, Breton (?): 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  britonis: (A) Bretagne (var. (T: s.xiii/xiv) gallice bretun)  TLL ii 21.2148
Bretagne maiur
toponym(Great) Britain: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  (a stone) Si naist en la maiur Britaine, En une terre ben lointaine  Lapid 45.425
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiiin )  En l'estoire de Bretaine majur Dunt li Bretun primes furent seignur, Trovum escrit que il la perdirent Par famine, par quei la guerpirent  Merlin Proph helias 27.1
grant Bretagne
toponym(Great) Britain: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 )  (Pearls:) En Indie naissent et en la grant Bretaigne (var. (Ox: s.xii2) Bretannie maiur)  Lapid 108.XXXVIII.10
Bretagne menur, menur Bretagne
toponymLittle Britain, Britain the less (i.e. Continental Brittany): 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiiin )  (When there was famine in Great Britain:) Reis Cadwaladres e tuit li meillur S'en alerent en Bretagne menur  Merlin Proph helias 27.6
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Geffrei, counte de la Meindre Bretaigne  TREVET Cron1 312.4
Petit Bretagne
toponymLittle Britain, Britain the less (i.e. Continental Brittany): 
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  Aprés Charles le rei de Fraunce, ki avoit esposee la filie Edward le rei de Engletere, fist pes ou les Normanz, ki furent Daneis, e dona sa filie, ou tote Normundie e petite Bretaignie, a Rollon lour cheventein  Reis Engl1 60
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Fouke ad tant siglee pur vere merveilles e aventures qu'il ad envyronee les .vii. yles de le occean, la Petite Bretaygne, Yrlande, Gutlande, Norweye, Denemarche [...]  Fouke ANTS 45.17

See also:

bretun1 
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