Middle English Dictionary Entry
ērer adv. (comp.)
Entry Info
| Forms | ērer adv. (comp.) Also arrer, arer. |
| Etymology | OE ǣror, ǣrror, comp. of ǣr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ēr adv.
1.
(a) At or during some former time; formerly, previously, before; (b) the erere, the sooner, as soon as possible.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1104 : Rotbert de Bælesme þe se cyng Heanri æror be lænd hæfde and of Englalande adrifen.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)6/23 : Mid þam ylcæ heowe þe he hæfde ærror ær þan ðe he dufe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25352 : Folc þer com..swa muchel swa þer neuere ærer na mon no isumnede.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)133/20 : Ȝif he biete ðat he harrer hafde tobroken.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1377 : Þe sonne þat was erore so clere, deork heo is bi-come.
- ?c1350 Swete ihu cryst (BodLtrg 104)26 : Þe sonne bi-com swart þat erer schon wel wide.
- a1400 Whanne þe ffet (Hrl 7322)13 : And of þat erer was his, Nou shal he hauen mys.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)61 : Reuliche he [God] us cleueð..bute we turne to him þe erur.