1) Saracen. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...Islamic nomadic people of the Syrian-Arabian deserts. 2. An Arab. 3. A Muslim, especially of the time of the Crusades. Middle English, from Old English, from Late... 2) Part I: The Treason of Ganelon. The Embassy and Crime of Ganelon. 1909-14.
The Song of Roland. The Harvard Classics ...XXIX Ganelon rides under olives high, And comes the Saracen envoys nigh. Blancandrin lingers until they meet, And in cunning converse each other greet. The Saracen... 3) Sansfoy [Infidelity]. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 ...A Saracen "who cared for neither God nor man," encountered by St. George and slain. (Spenser: Faerie Queene, book i. 2.) 1... 4) Pollentē. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 ...The puissant Saracen, father of Mu nera. He took his station on "Bridge Perilous," and attacked everyone who crossed it, bestowing the spoil upon his daughter. Sir... 5) 904. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History ...904 The Saracen corsair Leo of Tripoli stormed Thessalonica, plundered it, and carried off some 20,000 of the inhabitants. 1 907 The Russians, under their prince,... 6) Orange Blossoms Worn at Weddings. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 ...The Saracen brides used to wear orange blossoms as an emblem of fecundity; and occasionally the same emblem may have been worn by European brides ever since the time... 7) Marsig'lio or Marsil'ius. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 ...A Saracen king who plotted the attack upon Roland, under "the tree on which Judas hanged himself." With a force of 600,000 men, divided into three armies, he attacked... 8) Mu'nera. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 ...The daughter of Pollente, the Saracen, to whom he gave all the spoils he unjustly took from those who fell into his power. Talus, the iron page of Sir Ar tegal, chopped... 9) Baliverso (in Orlando Furioso). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 ...The basest knight in the Saracen army. 1... 10) Soldan or Sowdan. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898 ...A corruption of sultan, meaning in mediaeval romance the Saracen king; but, with the usual inaccuracy of these writers, we have the Soldan of Egypt, the Soudan of... |