Constantynoble

Middle English

Proper noun

Constantynoble

  1. Alternative form of Constantinople
    • (a1382), WBible(1) Prols.1 Par.(Bod 959), section 13:
      Alysawndre & egipt […] preysen auctour eusichy; constantynoble vn to Antioche approueþ þe sawmpleris of martir Lucian.
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    • ?a1425(c1400), Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16), 16/19 and 72/1:
      This Ile is nygh viijc myle long from Constantynoble. […] At Constantynoble is the hynder partye of the heed, And the forpartie of the heed til vnder the chyn is at Rome in the chirche of seynt Siluestre.
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