Ermyn

See also: ermyn

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French Ermin, from Latin Armenius.

Noun

Ermyn

1. an Armenian
   • Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monkes Tale, in the Hengwrt MS of Chaucer's Canterbury tales:

     The Emperour of Rome / Claudius

     Ne hym biforn / the Romayn Galien

     Ne dorsten neuere / been so corageus

     Ne noon Ermyn / ne noon Egipcien

     No Surryen / ne noon Arabien

     With-Inne the feeldes / þat dorste with hire fighte

     Lest þat she wolde / hem with hir handes slen

     Or with hire meynee / putten hem to flighte.

References

• “Ermyn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.