Middle English Dictionary Entry
entīred ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | entīred ppl. Also in-. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. atiren v.
1.
Dressed, attired, decked out; esp., provided with an ornamental head-dress.
Associated quotations
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.1039-42 : Y woll telle..in what wyse they be Intyryd [vr. entyrid] and arraied: Maidens were calles of silk and of threde and dameselles kerchyvys aboue on þeir hede. Wyfes may not to churche till they be entired, Ibrideled and peytrelled to shewe hir arraye, And feeted abowte as a hakeney to be hired.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.335 : Vppon my hede was my speciall mynde allsoo; ffor to be entired y spared not for noo coste.