Middle English Dictionary Entry
edre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | edre n. Also ethre, adre. Pl. edre(n. |
| Etymology | OE ǣdre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A blood vessel, vein; edre blod.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)51/26 : Þane þe lichama and þa addran beoþ þæs yfelan blodes fulle.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)27/5 : Þanne sceal hym man læten blod on þan earme on þan middemyste ædra.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)70b : Hwen ha beoð ilette blod on an earm eðre [vr. erm eddre, L vena]..þe eþren capitale [Nero: eddren capitalen; L venas capitales] þe bledden on his heaued under þe kene þornene crune.
- ?a1300 Fox & W.(Dgb 86)45 : Here heddre were I-take..Ich haue hem letten eddre blod.
2.
The kidneys;--pl.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)107.80/3 : Wyð ædrena [L ad renes] sore..syle drincan on rinde þas æpples, þat man malum granatum nemned.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)49/5 : Of þan maʒan and of ædran [L renibus] and of þan þearman.