Middle English Dictionary Entry
dī̆verse adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | dī̆verse adv. |
| Etymology | From adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Differently; ~ coloured, variegated; ~ eied, ?having mottled eyes; (b) at various times.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 *PPl.C (Trin-C R.3.14)[16.79] f.39a : Alle be we breþeren, þeiȝ we be diuerse cloþid.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4562 : Tantalus, Of sangwyn hewe..Diuers eyed.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.30.32 : Alle thi speckid sheep..and dyuerse colourid.
b
- a1525(?1457) Cov.Leet Bk.302 : Affermyng þat they haue broken their othes made in brekyng diuers thier rules & ordenaunces.