Taprobane (s.xii3/4)

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

Search Results

Your search results will appear here.

Taprobane (s.xii3/4)

[hp+gdw]

[FEW: ; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
Tabrobane,  Trabrobant,  Tabrotane,  Tarbane,  Taphane  

s.

1toponymTaprobana, island in the Indian Ocean, now Sri Lanka
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Coment Alisandre ariva en Tabrotane  424rubr
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  De Trabrobant les meinent vers Inde ly guiour  5627
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  vers orient poez terre trover E idles [e] merveilles qe font a reconter. Tabrotane oye cele terre nomer  431
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Devers la partie orientele de la terre Prestre Johan y ad une isle bone Taprobane isle et grande qe homme appelle Taprobane (var. (Lo6: s.xivin) Tabrobane;  (Lo9: s.xv) Taphane;  (Lo1: s.xv) Tarbane ) a qe est mult noble et mult fructuouse  465
Taprobanien 
This is an AND2 Phase 6 (T-Z) entry. © 2022-25 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
Taprobane