Old English · proper noun
Perse
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Modern English
- persians
Meaning
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(plural)the Persians
Þǣr wæs Persa X M ofslæġen ġehorsedra, ⁊ eahtatiġ M fēþena,⁊ eahtatiġ M ġefangenra.
There, 10,000 Persian cavalry were slain, and 80,000 infanty, and 80,000 were captured.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
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