Fleming1
(ˈflɛmɪŋ)
Also 5–6 flem(m)yng(e, 6–7 flemming(e, 7 flemin(e.
[a. MDu. Vlâming (cf. ON. Flǽmingr, OHG. Flaming, med.L. Flamingus, Sp. Flamenco, Pg. Flamengo, Pr. Flamenc, Fr. Flamand), f. Flâm- (whence Flanders) + suffix -ing3.]
1. A native or inhabitant of Flanders.
| c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems 105 Where Flemynges began on me for to cry, ‘Master, what will you copen or by?’ 1574 R. Scot Hop Gard. (1578) 8 The more paynes you take..the nearer you resemble the trade of the Flemming. c 1645 Howell Lett. (1650) II. 30 Charles the Emperor..being a Flemin born. 1846 McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) 645 The Flemings, invited over..by Edward III., gave the first great impulse to the woollen manufacture. |
† 2. A Flemish vessel. Obs.
| 1595 Drake Voy. (Hakluyt Soc.) 7 We met with a small flemminge bounde for the streights. |
3. attrib. quasi-adj. passing into adj.
| 1561 Child Marriages (E.E.T.S.) 70 A paire of Flemynge knyves. 1588 Extracts Burgh Rec. Edin. 8 May, The twa Flemyng wobsters dwelland within this burgh. 1656 Manasseh ben Israel Vind. Judæorum 3 Some Flemine Christians. |