Belmarye

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Belmarie

Etymology

Formerly identified with the Moroccan kingdom of Bel Marini, it is now considered a variant of Almeria.

Proper noun

Belmarye

1. Almeria
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; Charles Cowden Clarke, editor, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. […], 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: James Nichol; London: James Nisbet & Co.; Dublin: W. Robertson, 1860, →OCLC, page 3, lines 56-57:

     At Gernade at the siege eke had he be
     Of Algesir, and ridden in Belmarie.

     He had also been in Grenada at the siege
     Of Algeciras, and had ridden in Almeria.