Hesperien (s.xiii3/4)
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Hesperien (s.xiii3/4)

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  FEW: ∅Gdf: ∅GdfC: ∅TL: ∅DEAF: ∅DMF: ∅TLF: ∅OED:  Hesperian, a.1 and n.1 MED: ∅DMLBS: ∅
 

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1demonym inhabitant of the western land of Africa, where in Greek mythology the Garden of the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening light, was located: 
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  En ceste Ethiopie si ad mult de genz sicum Hesperiens e Garamanz e Trocodiens  21
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Hesperien