Middle English Dictionary Entry
erre adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | erre adj. Also eorre, irre. |
| Etymology | OE eorre, yrre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Wrathful, enraged, angry.
Associated quotations
- a1200(OE) Hat.Gosp.(Hat 38)Mat.18.34 : Ða wæs se hlaford eorre.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)18597 : Forð wende þe eorl, ire [Otho: yr] on his mode.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)83a : Buuen us þe eorre deme, for ase softe as he is her, ase heard he bið þer.