Middle English Dictionary Entry
erres n.
Entry Info
| Forms | erres n. |
| Etymology | OF erres pl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. erles n., ernes n. (vr. ernest, etc.).
1.
(a) Earnest-money (fig.); (b) foretaste, sample; pledge.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 Ch.Feasts (Roy 18.A.10)218 : To bye hys chaffare þe child payed erres, Dropes rede as ripe cherrees.
b
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)19/28 : Ðes werȝinge nis bute erres of ðare laczste.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)31/28 : Þese ðu hauest iȝiuen me to earres of ðare eche blisse.