Middle English Dictionary Entry
hasardrīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hasardrīe n. Also hasarderie, hazardri. |
| Etymology | OF hasarderie |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Playing at the game of hazard; addiction to the game.
Associated quotations
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4024 : Hor ydelnesse hom ssal bringe..to sleuþe & to hasardrie [vr. hasarderye].
- c1390 Cato(1) (Vrn)90 : Tak a Toppe, ȝif þou wolt pleye, And not at þe hasardrye [F ala hasard].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.599 : If that a prynce vseth hasardrye [vr. hasarderye]..He is..Yholde the lasse in reputacioun.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.793 : Now comth hasardrie with hise apurtenaunces, as tables and rafles, of which comth deceite.
- c1425 Chaucer CT.Pard.(Petw 7)C.624 : He had vsed hasardrie þer byforne.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)11574 : Ȝougþe..doþ men tente..Tyl hasardrie, des, & tables.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1250 : Leve now al thy foly and thy rebawdy, As Tablis & merellis and þe hazardry.