Ægyptisc

• Egiptisċ, Egyptisċ

From Ægypte +‎ -isċ.

Ægyptisċ

1. Egyptian
2. (substantive) an Egyptian
   • c. 994, Ælfric, De Æquinoctiis [On the Equinox]; published in Thomas Wright, “Anglo-Saxon Manual of Astronomy”, in Popular Treatises on Science Written During the Middle Ages, London: Historial Society of Science, 1841, pages 10–11:

     Ac ealle þa Easteman ⁊ Ægiptisċan, þe selost cunnon on ġerimcræfte, tealdon ꝥ seo lenctenliċe emniht is ġewisliċe on duodecima kl. April., ꝥ is on Sce. Benedictes mæsse dæġe.

     But all the Easterners and Egyptians, who are best acquainted with arithmetic, calculated that the vernal equinox is certainly on the 12 Kal. April., that is on St. Benedict's day.