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Nubie (s.xii3/4)

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Nubie (s.xii3/4)

Nubye  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

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toponymNubia, region along the Nile (in modern day southern Egypt and northern Sudan)
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Barionas de Nubie ly viez  Rom Chev ANTS 2930
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Pres del soleil, un poi d'utre terre Nubie De la contree seche u nule rien n'afie, I vindrent Garemant, une gent effroie  Siege Antioche meyer 29.90
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Il ad coilly sa lance, s'ad le destrer galopee, Vers ly roy de Nubie s'en est ferement hastee  Dest Rome1 854
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Et entre Egipte et Nubie y ad bien .xij. jornés de desert  Mandeville 149

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See also:

nubien 
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