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Middle English Dictionary Entry

Frīse n.(1)

Forms	Frīse n.(1) AlsoFrisia,Frisie,Fres(e.
Etymology	Cp.OEFrȳsan,Frēsan (pl.) Frisians, &MLFrisia.

Frisia [in some quots. confused with Phrygia].

c1300Lay.Brut(Otho C.13)25370:Þar com..of Frisie [Clg: Frigie; F Frise, Frige] þe duk Teucer.
(a1387)Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.261:Frisia [L Frisia, Frigia] is a lond vppon þe clyue of þe west occean, and bygynneþ in þe souþ side from þe Ryne, and endeþ at þe see of Denmark.
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)180a/a:Frisia is a prouynce in þe neþer ende of Germania.
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)186a/a:Þe Ryne..streccheþ to Braban þat is nyȝe to ffrigia [Tol: frigia; L frisie] in þe souþe syde.
c1400(?a1300) *KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1695:Þe duk of ffryse & of hungrye.
a1425(?a1400)RRose(Htrn 409)1093:All the gold in Rome and Frise [rime: wise].
(1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)3171:Þe kyngdames he schuld lese Both of Saxon and Sueue, Teutonie and Frese.
c1440(?a1400)Morte Arth.(1)(Thrn)3864:Kyng Froderike of Fres.
a1450(a1338)MannyngChron.Pt.1(Lamb 131)11954:Out of ffryse.
c1450(c1396)ChaucerBuk.(Benson-Robinson)23:The were lever to be take in Frise [rime: suffyse] Than eft to falle of weddynge in the trappe.
?a1475(?a1425)Higd.(2)(Hrl 2261)6.137:By tempestes of the sea he was putte into Frisia.