Old English · proper noun
Persida
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
Meaning
Persis, Persia
Hī ferdon, þurh wissunge þǣs Hālgan Gāstes, tō ðām earde þe is ġehāten Persida, and þǣr ġemetton ðā tweġen drȳmen, Zaroen and Arfaxað, þe ætflugon ðām apostole Mathēō, of ðǣra Silhearwena lande...
Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, they went to the land known as Persia, and there encountered the two sorcerers Zaroen and Arfaxath, who had fled from the apostle Matthew in Ethiopia...
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Etymology
From Latin Persida, accusative of Persis, from Ancient Greek Περσῐ́ς (Persĭ́s), from Old Persian (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix).
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