Obs. Forms: 4–5 almeyne, -egne, 6– -en, 6–7 -ain(e, -aigne, -anie, -any. [a. OFr. alemaigne:—L. allemania the country of the Allemanni.] Germany.
c. 1314. Guy Warw., 35. Forth he went into Speyne And after into Almeyne.
1480. Caxton, Chron. Eng., ccxli. 266. Hir fadre was emperour of almayne.
1556. Chron. Grey Friars, 14. The emperar of Almen.
1562. Turner, Baths, Ded. I was compelled … to fly into hygh Almany.
1585. James I., Ess. Poesie (Arb.), 77. Mein, a riuer in Almanie.
1586. T. B., La Primaudaye’s Fr. Acad., I. 150. According to the custome of Almaigne.
1622. Bacon, Henry VII., 10. Fredericke the Third Emperour of Almaine.
1682. Milton, Hist. Moscow, iv. Wks. 1847, 575/1. Ambassadors from Almany.
