Middle English Dictionary Entry
floddri n.
Entry Info
Forms | floddri n. |
Etymology | ?Cp. OScot. flodder to flood. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mire; also fig.
Associated quotations
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)37 : Sume men ladeð here lif..alse swin, þe..secheð to þe fule floddri and þaron waleweð. Swo doð þe fule man..on þe fule floddri of drunkennesse and of hordom.