german adj. and sb. (“cousin-german” = first cousin Troil. IV. v. 120)
1.
closely related, akin
Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 805 (Ff “Iermain(e),”
Tim. IV. iii. 345 (Ff
“Germa(i)ne”).
2.
appropriate
Ham. V. ii. 165
“more to the
matter”
(Ff “Germaine,”
Qq2 3
“Ierman,” Q1
“more cosin german”).
3.
sb. near relative
Oth. I. i. 114 (F1
“Germaines,” Q1
“Iermans”).
