 Scheep; where of men maken Clothes, and alle thing that may ben made of Wolle. In that Contree ben many Ipotaynes, that dwellen somtyme in the Watre, and somtyme on the Lond: and thei ben half Man and half Hors, as I have seyd before: and thei eten men,...  Journal of the British Archaeological Association - Page 77by British Archaeological Association - 1846Full view - About this book
 | sir John Mandeville (pseud.) - 1839 - 378 pages
...were of Scheep; where of men maken Clothes, and alle thing that may ben made of Wolle. In that Contree ben many Ipotaynes, that dwellen somtyme in the Watre,...on the Lond: and thei ben half Man and half Hors, as I have seyd before: and thei eten men, whan thei may take hem. And there ben Ryveres of Watres,... | |
 | Sir John Mandeville - Voyages and travels - 1839 - 378 pages
...were of Scheep; where of men maken Clothes, and alle thing that may ben made of Wolle. In that Contree ben many Ipotaynes, that dwellen somtyme in the Watre,...on the Lond: and thei ben half Man and half Hors, as I have seyd before: and thei eten men, whan thei may take hem. And there ben Ryveres of Watres,... | |
 | British Archaeological Association - Archaeology - 1846 - 456 pages
...might, by analogy, without any great stretch of imagination, be ascribed to the family of Caprus ! be effectively disposed of by this Parthian glance...Aquitaine, and the latter his Christian name, Stephanos, (Sr,ipavoc), a garland. We do not think Mr. Lower had any occasion to bespeak the public favour in... | |
 | Ellen J. Millington - Heraldry - 1858 - 462 pages
...calls them ' Ipotaynes,' and says that 'thei dwellen somtyme on the land, and somtyme on the water, and thei ben half man and half hors ; and thei eten men when they may take hem.' A sphinx passant, wings endorsed ar., crined or, is the crest of Asgill (Bart. 1761). This monster,... | |
 | Sir John Mandeville - Asia - 1866 - 368 pages
...of Scheep ; where of men maken Clothes, and alle thing that may ben made of Wolle. In that Contree ben many Ipotaynes, that dwellen somtyme in the Watre,...on the Lond : and thei ben half Man and half Hors, as I have seyd before : and thei eten men, whan thei may take hem. And there ben Ryveres of Watres,... | |
 | Richard Morris - English language - 1867 - 572 pages
...of scheep ; where of men maken clothes, and alle thing that may ben made of wolle. In that contree ben many Ipotaynes, that dwellen somtyme in the watre,...on the lond : and thei ben half man and half hors, as I have seyd before : and thei eten men, whan thei may take hem. And there ben ryveres of watres,... | |
 | Richard Morris, Walter William Skeat - English literature - 1872 - 526 pages
...may ben made of wolle. In that contree ben many Ipotaynes, that dwellen somtyme 1 ' 5 in the water and somtyme on the lond : and thei ben half man and half hors, as I have seyd before : and thei eten men, whan thei may take hem. And there ben ryveres and watres... | |
 | Sir John Mandeville - Voyages and travels - 1883 - 366 pages
...of Scheep ; where of men maken Clothes, and alle thing that may ben made of Wolle. In that Contree ben many Ipotaynes, that dwellen somtyme in the Watre,...on the Lond : and thei ben half Man and half Hors, as I have seyd before : and thei eten men, whan thei may take hem. And there ben Ryveres of Watres,... | |
 | Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner - English language - 1888 - 658 pages
...Dahin gehört auch die Form ipotaine in : In that contree ben many ipotaynes, that dwellen eomtyme in the watre, and somtyme on the lond, and thei ben half man and half hors . . and thei eten men, whan thei may take hem. MAUND. p. 268. ippen v. ags. yppan, aperire , manifestare, zeigen, offenbaren.... | |
 | George Newnes, Herbert Greenhough Smith - England - 1892 - 734 pages
...Again, 1 think I should like to see those " Ipotaynes, that dwellen somctyme in the Watre and sometyme on the Lond : and thei ben half Man and half Hors," and compare them with the blithesome hippopotamus as we now see him in our own Zoo. I should like to have... | |
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