Middle English Dictionary Entry
dāren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dāren v. Also (early) d(e)arien & deren. Forms: p. dāred(e, dārd; ppl. dāring, dāreand. |
| Etymology | OE darian lie in wait; akin to dierne hidden, secret. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To stay in one place, tarry; remain quiet, lie still; ~ stille; (b) to grow quiet [glossing ML tabeō].
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1131 : Ȝef drihtin, þe darede in ure mennesse, wrahte þeos wundres..hwi walde he þrowin as he dude?
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)384 : Ich mai ison so wel so on hare, Þeȝ ich bi daie sitte an dare.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)310 : Ne stereð ge [the fox] nogt of ðe stede..oc dareð so ge ded were, Ne drageð ge non onde.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)624 : Ðe dragunes one ne stiren nout..oc daren stille in here pit, als so he weren of dede offrigt.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Cock (Hrl 2255)87 : The snayl..Daryth in his shelle.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.MRose (Hrl 2255)57 : Constreynt of coold makith flours dare..that they dar nat appeere.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)194/15 : A chyrch..ys callyd Latrens, þat ys yn Lateyne 'Latens' and yn Englysch 'a daring frogge'.
b
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)64a/b : Tabeo: to dare. Tabefio: idem.
2.
(a) To lie in wait, lurk; (b) to remain secluded or in hiding; (c) to be concealed (from sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)374 : Ðe spinnere..drinkeð here blod..& dareð siðen stille.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2092 : For vnder floures depeint of stabilnes Þe serpent dareth of newfongilnes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2987 : Whos malys ay dareth by þe rote.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4878 : I espie..In ȝoure entent a riȝt perlous snare So couertly vnder falshed dare, Þat it wil be to my confusioun.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.2585 : Vnder fressh flours..The serpent dareth with his couert poisoun.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.280 : Poliphemus, darying in his den, So fiersly had devoured all his men.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 7.24 : Jhesus..miȝte not dare or be priuy [WB(2): be hid; L non potuit latere].
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)5574 : Hys folke full fast to hym releved [read: relyed], þat be fore dared os dere in den.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)3/17 : The x day men schull goo out of hur dennys, þer þay daret for drede.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 26.26 : I deme no thing of these for to dare him [L latere..eum].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)2 Pet.3.5,8 : It daarith hem [WB(2): it is hid fro hem; L latet..eos] willinge this thing..oo thing daare ȝou not or be not unknowun [L lateat vos].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)113 : Daryn or drowpyn' or prively to be hydde: Latito, lateo.
3.
Of persons: to be motionless, inactive, dispirited; hesitate; be overcome or stupified by an emotion (esp. by fear or grief); be scared, tremble (with fear); ~ for drede; droupen and ~; ~ and douten; ~ to, stand in awe of (God).
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)37/388 : Hwen we nawt ne spedeð..we dearieð [Roy: darie we] & ne durren nohwer cume biuoren him.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2020 : Þe keiser..dearede al adeadet, druicninde & dreori.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)38/25 : Swuch fearlac ich fele..þet speoken i ne dear nawt, ah diueri & dearie, drupest alre þinge.
- a1350 Ichot a burde in boure (Hrl 2253)80 : For hire loue y carke ant care, for hire loue y droupne ant dare.
- a1350 Heȝe louerd (Hrl 2253)86 : Dredful deþ, why wolt þou dare?
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4055 : Þe king was kast in gret þouȝt; he dared as doted man for þe bestes dedes.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)68/693 : Doun þai fell all to þe ground; And styll þai lay and dared for drede.
- c1390 Ȝhit is god (Vrn)22 : Whon þei made lordes droupe & dare.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1293 : Thise wedded men that lye and dare, As in a forme sit a wery hare Were al forstraught with houndes.
- c1390 In worschupe (Vrn)93 : At dredful dom, whon we schal dare For fere of false fendes feole.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25444 : O mi sinnes me reues sare..In hope I durk and dare.
- a1400 Cursor (Phys-E)21870 : Þe se sale rise and rute, Mani man sal dere and dute.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)609 : Hys fraunchyse is large, þat euer dard To Hym, þat matz in synne rescoghe.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)839 : At þat syȝt vche douth con dare, In helle, in erþe, & Jerusalem.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)315 : Where is now your sourquydrye?..Now is..þe renoun of þe Rounde Table Ouer-walt..For al dares for drede, with-oute dynt schewed.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2258 : He lened with þe nek..& lette as he noȝt dutte; For drede he wolde not dare.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)1/9 : In þis dale I droupe and dare For dern dedes þat done me dere.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)2/39 : The Scottes..Now er þai dareand all for drede, Þat war bifore so stout and gay.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)7286 : For drede of dethe thei droupe & dare.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.3640 : Day and nyht he cried afftir deth..For dreed & shame he dared in derknesse.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3225 : The kynge dares for dowte, dye as he scholde.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3044 : Siles doun on aithire side selcuth kniȝtis, Sum darid, sum dede, sum depe wondid.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)1582c : He drowpis and dares nyght and day; Often he menys þat lovesum May.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)163/83 : Alas! I lurk and dare! To slo this barne I bare, what wight in warld had wyll?
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)316/336 : Alas, to dy with doyll am I dyght..I drope, I dare for seyng of sight..My lord..Is ded fro me.