Middle English Dictionary Entry
hāvǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hāvǒur n. Also haver, havior. |
| Etymology | OF avoir, aveir (inf. as noun). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. behaver.
1.
Behavior, manners.
Associated quotations
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)1354 : Y bithenke wher so y go The goodlynes that in my lady lise, Hir havour eek, for noo nede teche hir noo.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)4946 : Ye care for yowre havour, Where ye shulde ben mery or sad.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)5289 : I trowe wel ye haue my rewde haver sene.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)6223 : Where þat myn haver is right rewde, al dol, As pardone me, madame.
- (1478) Stonor2.56 : I undyrstond by the worshipfful reporte off your maystershipe the havyors off my Cussen Kateryn unto you, to my lady your wiffe, and to all oþer.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (c1425) *Oath Bk.King's Lynn5a : Ȝe shal…do euery man yliche trouþe aftir his hauour.
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