barbarie (s.xii3/4)
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barbarie (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  Barbaria 1,248a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  barbarie 8,289b TL: ∅ DEAF:  barbarie  DMF:  barbarie  TLF:  barbarie  OED:  Barbary n.  MED:  barbarie n.  DMLBS:  barbaricus 181b / barbaries 181b
 

a.

1Islambarbarian, i.e. non-Christian, Saracen: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Puis vet en Egypte, par terre barbarie  1106
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  (Darius’s messengers) Vont quere Alisandre vers terre barbarie  1375
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Conquis ad tote Egypte, e terre barbarie  2372

s.

1toponymIslamland of the barbarians, generic name for the non-Christian countries in northern Africa: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Dunt li todnier le maneçat [...] Que vendu serreit erraument En la luintaine barbarie  2845
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 )  Ceste terre [...] ki Aufrike est apelee […] embrace mut de Inde et de Mauretainne, ki est Ethiope, Egipte, Barbarie, Bugie e tute la terre le Mirmumelin  168
en barbarie
1savagely: 
( s.xivm; MS: c.1400 )  le treitour G. ly dist en reprovant coment il ly avoit fet despit et luy despersoné en barbarie devant grants seignurs  216.26
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