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soldan (s.xii3/4)
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soldan (s.xii3/4)

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soldain,  soldein;  soltain;  soudain,  soudan,  soudein,  souldan,  sowdan,  sowdane;  suldein,  sultan  (saudan,  soudic Principality 111,  souldic Principality 111)  
  FEW:  sultan 19,164a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  soudan 10,692c TL: soudan 9,996 DEAF:  soudan  DMF:  soudan  TLF:  soudan  OED:  soldan n.  / sultan n.  MED:  soudan n.  DMLBS:  sultanus 3286a

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1titleIslamsultan, Muslim sovereign: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Entendez, sire roy soudans  Rom Chev ANTS 2719
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Le soudan ke fu de Babiloine [...]  Mir N-D 232.18
( c.1365; MS: s.xiv2 )  la ou les sarazins habitent, des queles terres le soldan est seignur  Relatio Tripartita 127
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  fuist ordinee par le sowdane [...] q’ils deveroient envolupere les Cristiens et toutz occire  Anon Chr1 52.32
2occupationgovernor, ruler: 
( 1369 )  nostre chier et feal chevalier, le Soudan de la Trau, nous a signifié coment il [...]  Foedera1 iii 859
( 1371 )  nostre bien amé, le soudain de la Trau, nostre foial chivalier  Foedera1 iii 911

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soldane 
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