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Sir1 (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  Syria 12,501b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  sirie (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
Sire,  Sur,  Syr,  Syre  

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1toponymSyria, historical region in the Levant
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  La ou tretoy de Sire ses greignurs fez descris  6169
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 ) Un arcevesque i ot message Qui vint de Sur, prodhome e sage, Que li Sulien tramistrent  130
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  La gent de Syre (var. (E: c.1220-40) Syr ) sunt de mult grant ferté  (B) 15040
2 toponymhist. Assyria, ancient Mesopotamian kingdom
( c.1270; MS: c.1270-75 )  Par quatre aungeles sunt designez quatre regne—c’est a dire, de Sire (Latin: regnum [...] Assyriorum), de Perse, de Macedonie, e de Rome  249
3demonymSyrian, person from Syria
( MS: s.xivm )  De illoeques, cil, retournee par Elamites, [...] Sirs, Fenices, Arabs [...] s’en voit a Alexandre  1rb
Sirie  sirien 
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