Middle English Dictionary Entry
eure n.
Entry Info
| Forms | eure n. Also ure. |
| Etymology | OF eure, from L augurium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a person: (a) destiny, fate, fortune; god eure, fatal eure, fortune and eure; (b) good fortune or luck; grace and eure.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6365 : But [Priam] waite his deth in his fatal ewre.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)env.88 : And to þi crowne and þi diademe, Grace & good eure with long continuaunce.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1424 : As þe goddys in þis auenture List to ordeyne for my fatal ewere.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1281 : For þe surpluse of our mortal Ewre We schal..prudently endure Our harmys olde forþe in pacience.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)994 : & þou schalt ride to Rome, & receyue þe croune, In honour emperour to be as þyn eure schapiþ.
- a1456(1429) Lydg.Mum.Goldsmiths (Trin-C R.3.20)27 : Grace and good eure and long prosperitee.
- (1436) RParl.4.498b : The whiche helde of yowe by Knyght service in chief, followyng her eure and fortune.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.4238 : Remembrith you vpon thunhappi eure Off these too brethre & off ther wrechidnesse.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)482 : God of kynde so hath set myn vre, My lyves foo to haue my wounde in cure.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)2880 : Good auenture Be vnto the and ryght good ewre.
- c1450 ?Suffolk Myn hert ys set (Frf 16)34 : For glad am I that fortune lyst assent So to ordeyn that yt shuld be myn vre The flours to chese as by myn aventure.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)2788 : On thei rode to knowe what was ther vre.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)320 : God in this worlde hadde sente hym good eure.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.10 : My fortune and ure.
b
- a1400 Heil & holi (Cmb Gg.4.32)41 : With þe is eure and þe aboute Michel mirþe and ioie and blisse.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)131 : Ay in the ende beyng victoryous, Swich grace & Eur God to hym hath sent.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)4594 : He smote generides in to the thye, And he was not gretly hurt, it was his vre.
2.
Turn of events, outcome (of an action).
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1246 : Werre also stant in aventure, For ay of Marte dotous is þe Ewre.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4089 : On the wallys of Thebes lay her fon, Reioysing hem of this vnhappy eure.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)7176 : Þarfore þaim fell þis myschaunce..It come, þat vnhappy vyre: Þe place was brynt.
3.
Fate as ordained or foretold (by a deity); augury.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5973 : Achilles..þankiþ Appollo of þis blisful ewer.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8560 : Þe feld þei han þat day lost & wonne, Lyke as Fortune list to don hir cure, Vp or down for to turne hir ewre.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)302 : What ys this wonder vre Of purveaunce..that fals hem so assure, And trew, alas! dovn of the whele be falle?