ˈTroyanish, a. and n.
Also troi-.
= Trojan (q.v.). So ˈTroyish a. Obs.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. i. x. §4 Pentesilia, sio on þæm *Troianiscan ᵹefeohte mære ᵹewearð. c 1205 Lay. 416 Þat Troynisce folc. Ibid. 809 Iherden hit Troynisce [c 1275 Troynisse]. c 1384 Chaucer H. Fame i. 201 Iuno.. That hast y-hated al thy lyfe Alle the Troianysshe [v.r. Troyanyssh] bloode. 1412–20 Lydg. Chron. Troy iii. 219 On Troyanysche grounde. |
| a 900 tr. Bæda's Eccl. Hist. iv. xvi. (1890) 307 ᵹelice þy *troiscan wæle. c 1205 Lay. 410 Ah he hefde muchele strengþe of meren his cunne, of þan Troyscen monnen. |