† Philistee Obs.
Also 5 Phil-, Filistei, 6 Phylystee.
[ad. L. Philisthæ-us (Vulg.), Gr. ϕιλιστιαῖος: see Philistine.]
= Philistine n. 1.
| 1382 Wyclif 1 Sam. xvii. 3 And Philisteis [1388 Filisteis, Vulg. Philisthiim] stoden vpon the hil. Ibid. 23 That bastard man, Goliath by name, Philistee of Geth [Vulg. Philisthæus; 1388 a Filistei of Gath]. ― 1 Chron. x. 1 Philisteis [1388 Filisteis] forsothe fouȝten aȝeinus Yrael. 1508 Fisher Penit. Ps. vi. Wks. (1876) 4 Whan Israhell sholde make batayle agaynst the phylystees. |