Middle English Dictionary Entry
errōneǒus, -eus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | errōneǒus, -eus adj. |
| Etymology | L errōneus, OF erroneus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of persons: misguided by false or heretical belief, heretical; (b) of opinions, beliefs, judgments: false, untrue, or heretical; (c) of statutes: faulty or irregular in law.
Associated quotations
a
- ?1457 Hardyng Chron.A (Lnsd 204:Hammond)234/15 : Than fled the lorde Cobham erronyouse To Wales so with lollers many one.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)252 : The disciples of Wiclef grew in so grete erroure..but [the bishops] kepte hem in here houses, and opened no mouth to berk ageyn these erroneous doggis.
b
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)132/24 : Frer, þe wordys arn non heresye; þei arn slawnderows wordys & erroneows.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)75 : Thouȝ we folewe an erroneose doom of resoun.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)5189 : Thogh a woman hir housbonde contrarie In his oppynyoun erroneous.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.85 : O foly vnwit so erroneous Of mortal folk sekyng hemself wiþoute!
- (1457) Lin.DDoc.97/20 : I [am] willing..to for-sake..heresy, errours, and erronious opinions contrary to the determinacion of holy Chirche.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.117 : Leste that he scholde induce eny thynges erroneus into the churches.
- c1475 MEccles.(Trin-C R.3.21)695 : Þe deuyne scripture..ys gret defence..Ayenst erroneous wyndes with heresyes supprysyd.
c
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)29 : The kyng [Richard II] in strenhthyng off his erroneous Statutes hath prayd and swed to the pope.