Middle English Dictionary Entry
dēmū̆re n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dēmū̆re n. Also demẹ̄re, demoere, demore. |
| Etymology | OF demur(e, demuere, demor(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Delay, demur; withouten ~, without delay, immediately; (b) sojourn, stay.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)591 : Blauncheflur heo atwist Þat he makede so longe demure [Vit: de mere; Auch: demoere; rime: ifere].
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)126 : And þeder-wardes he gan gon Wiþ outen demere [rime: swere].
- a1450 SLeg.Suppl.Bod.(Bod 779)414/74 : Þus he ended his lif in þis world here, & after to heuen went wit-outen eny demore.
b
- 1690(1444) Cart.Chetwynd in CHStaff.12 [OD col.]318 : During the tyme of his demure in the presence of the seid Erle.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)124 : Þe kynges right grete charge..shalbe more or lesse, aftir thair longe or shorte demure in thair viage.