navie
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]navie (plural navies)
- Obsolete spelling of navy.
- 1578, John Leslie, Quene Marie:
- The Quene ſent unto the vice admirall, quha was capitane of the navie called Maiſter Winter […]
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[edit]Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French navie.
Noun
[edit]navie f (plural navies)
- navy (water-based military)
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin nāvigia < nāvigium (whence a related masculine Old French navoi), from Latin nāvigō, nāvis (“boat”).
Noun
[edit]navie oblique singular, f (oblique plural navies, nominative singular navie, nominative plural navies)
- navy (water-based military)
- enemy de Valoys si avoit arraiez un grant armee de navie q’estoit devant nous en l’eawe de Zwyne
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: navy (through Anglo-Norman)
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