Middle English Dictionary Entry
entēr adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | entēr adj. Also entier(e, entire, in-. |
| Etymology | OF entier, entir, from L integr-um. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of feelings, qualities: wholehearted, sincere, perfect; with hert enter, sincerely, devotedly, devoutly.
Associated quotations
- c1390 Maidstone PPs.(Vrn)154 : Þenne schaltou sacrifice accepte Of rihtfulnesse [&] truþe entere.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)115 : We shulden haue so enteer mynde of Cristis passioun, as if it were don bifore oure ighen.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.472 : Þis hiȝe desyre..Of enteer loue me doth so sore assaille.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1573 : He prayeþ with al his hert enter.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Prelates (Corp-C 296)107 : What euere tyme a synful man haþ so enteire sorowe for his synnes.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Prelates (Corp-C 296)106 : His entre [sic] sorwe of synne.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.2523 : His pleasaunce most enteere.
- (1441) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3174 : After moste humble and intyer recomendacyon and thankyng that myn herte cann thenke.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)178 : Oon whom I loue wyth herte entere.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Diet.(Sln 3534)45 : Visite the pore with entier diligence.
- (1449) Proc.Privy C.6.72 : For thentire love and good desyre that he hath to the saide Duchesse.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)2023 : Me recomaunde vnto your worthynesse, With hert entier.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)201 : She..welcomed him with hert entier.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)95/26 : In tokne of enter loue, he kissed hem all.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)52.11 (v.1:p.326) : O my derworthily biloued wife Iulyan, why hasthou thus deludid and on this wise forsaken me which for verrey, entiere, and herty loue haue take the?
- c1475 Remembryd by scriptures (Hrl 2251)19 : He..sayde Deprofundis with entier diligence.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)141/1 : She loued wiþ entier affeccyone.
2.
Of persons: (a) morally perfect, unblemished; (b) beloved, dear.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4374 : Many maide parfit and entere.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Doubl.(Frf 16)31 : Noo-thinge abytte in hys fairenesse, Save women ay be founde entere And devoide of doublenesse.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2041 : Þis ȝonge lusty man..Whiche is to me most pleasaunt and entere.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1930 : Þi douȝter dere, Þat was to þe so passyngly entere.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)385/456 : And specially his neuew most entiere, Blissid Edmond,..was ay awaityng him.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.640 : Scipioun..To al the senat patroun most enteer.
- a1500 Lydg.LOL (Adv 19.3.1)118 : Cryst Jesu, the fadurs son entere.
3.
Of things: (a) whole, entire, intact; (b) perfect, sound, excellent; (c) renowned, illustrious.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) Corp.Chr.(Vrn)306 : And þeih we ete hit [the Eucharist] al þus here, Hit is in heuene al entere.
- a1425 I þanke þe lorde (Roy 17.A.27)229 : To sen it [the Cross] a twelfmoneth ich day enter Haþ..And half ȝere and dayes þre Of pardon.
- (1459) Will Fastolf in Nrf.Archaeol.2231 : This is the very declaracion of his full wille,..his very enteir and last wille.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)2109 : Flesche also he had enter and encorrupte of any synne.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)5520 : As whan yt [the Host] was hool and entere.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)116/6 : Ȝif any fest haþ propre stori & is nat entier, but is fulfillid of þe comune sanctorum.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)353/39 : Tydinges and Tales all intyre thou may hear.
b
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.1153 : The ston, the syment wer maad off such mateer, And the ioynyng so stedfast and enteer, Thouh fir and watir bothe it dede assaile, Ful lite or nouht ther power sholde auaile.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.507 : Paradis, a place most enteer.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)3130 : The Influence of hys power, Wych ys so myghty & enter.
c
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.3021 : The goode report of hym shon so cleer,..In ther fauour his name was so entieer.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.1850 : Sone off the lynage,..Off goddis most souereyn and enteere.
4.
Associated quotations
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) Corp.Chr.(Vrn)207 : What feiror preue wolde men esch Þat vche part [of Eucharist] is godus entere [Hrl: goddes body entere].
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) Corp.Chr.(Vrn)574 : Seþþhe we han þe Modur to preye þe sone, We han þe sone to prey þe ffader, Þe holygost we han in wone--Þis enteere [Cmb: entre] we haue to-gader.
5.
enter sees, ?bounded or land-locked seas (cp. sense 3), such as the Mediterranean and the Black, which were not regarded as arms of the outer sea (i.e. of Oceanus).
Associated quotations
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.61 : The occean infusede in to diuerse places towarde londes, towchethe alle moste the entiere sees [L interna maria] in mony places.