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Saracen was a term used both in Greek and Latin writings between the 5th and 15th centuries to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta. The term's meaning evolved during its history of usage. During the Early Middle Ages, the term came to be associated with the tribes of Arabia. The oldest known source mentioning ...
The History of the Saracen Empires is a book written by Simon Ockley of Cambridge University and first published in the early 18th century. [3] The book has been reprinted many times, including at London in 1894. [4] It was published in two volumes that appeared a decade apart.
Safaitic (Arabic: ٱلصَّفَائِيَّة Al-Ṣafāʾiyyah) is a variety of the South Semitic scripts used by the Arabs in southern Syria and northern Jordan in the Ḥarrah region, to carve rock inscriptions in various dialects of Old Arabic and Ancient North Arabian.
Palamedes' arms [1] Palamedes / p æ l ə ˈ m iː d iː z / (also called Palomides / p æ l ə ˈ m aɪ d iː z /, or some other variant such as the French Palamède; known as li Sarradins that is "the Saracen") is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend.
This may be more like "reverse etymology," but the French word "sarrasin" (pronounced the same as Saracen) means buckwheat. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised, since the Saracens repeatedly raided France's Mediterranean coast and even managed to occupy some coastal towns (Eze and Gourdon come to mind), if the French named the brown wheat ...
There are several potential sources for the word "sarsen." The first is that word "sarsen" is a shortening of "Saracen stone" which arose in the Wiltshire dialect.In the Middle Ages, "Saracen" was a common name for Muslims, and came by extension to be used for anything regarded as non-Christian, whether Muslim or pagan in contrast to Christianity.
The exact etymology is disputed. Serk- may derive from "Saracen"; from sericum, Latin for "silk", implying a connection with the Silk Road; from the Khazar fortress of Sarkel; or from serkr, shirt or gown, i.e., "land of the gown-wearers". In all cases it refers to a land in the East.
The name Durendal arguably begins with the French dur-stem, meaning "hard", though "enduring" may be the intended meaning. [1] Rita Lejeune argues that the name may break down into durant + dail, [2] which may be rendered in English as "strong scythe" [3] or explained in more detail to mean "a scimitar or scythe that holds up, resists, endures". [4]