Old English · proper noun
Germanie
Normalised Ġermanie
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Modern English
- comprisinglandslanguagesgeographiceuropecontinental
Meaning
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a geographic region of Europe, comprising the lands occupied by those who speak Germanic languages, or the part of this portion in Continental Europe
Breoton ist gārseċġes ēalond, ðæt wæs iū Albion hāten: is ġeseted betwyh norðdǣle and westdǣle, Ġermanie ⁊ Gallie ⁊ Hispanie þām mǣstum dǣlum Europe myċċle fæce onġeġn.
Britain is an island of the sea, which was formerly called Albion: is is situated between the north and west, opposite of and far from Germania and Gaul and Hispania, the largest divisions of Europe.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Latin Germānia.
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