Middle English Dictionary Entry
hẹ̄r adv.
Entry Info
Forms | hẹ̄r adv. Also hē̆r, here, herre, heir, er(e, hær(e, ær, hier(e, hir(e & hare & (errors) heren, hur. |
Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1a.
(a) In this place, here; in this country; (b) ~ at hom, in this home; ~ on lond, in this country; ~..~, ~..ther, in this place..in that place, here..there; (c) to this place, hither; ~ or ther, this way or that; nou ~ nou ther, now this way, now that.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Ðancod wurð hit þon hæge Ælmihti God þis wurðscipe þæt her is gedon.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)108/14,15 : Drihten, god is us þæt we hær beon..þæt we her wurcean þreo inn.
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)4/10 : Weila! ond his weolæn beoþ her belæfed.
- c1225 Sanctus beda (Wor F.174)1 : [S]anctus beda was iboren her on breotene mid us.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)17280 : Her we scullen ræsten to þreom dæȝen uirsten.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31765 : He wes king hire seouen and feouwerti ȝere.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)122/21 : Art tu..ȝet her?
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)67/1 : Seint Albon þe holie Man was here of Enguelonde.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)689 : Þou Mait stonden her to longe Bute þou swiþe eþen gonge.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1022 : Ðis time oðer ger, Sal ic me to ðe taunen her.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)137 : Mi duelling is hir ille.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2316 : We mowe reste vs redili riȝt sauf here at wille.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.248 : I wondre..Whennes that swote sauour cometh so..that I smelle heere.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.28.6 : He is not here; sothli, he roos.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3116 : Lo, Rouchestre stant heer faste by.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1292 : Here I wole abide under the schawe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1573 : Here woneth an old rebekke.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3296 : Mi hernes dun heir did i lai.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)389 : Bot now I am here in your presente.
- (1419) Proc.Privy C.2.257 : The Janneys desiren be their peticion the utterest value of theyr good heere in this land taken be us.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.292 : What! may I nat stonden here?
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)2/15 : Or þat ȝe calle to me, I sal saie, 'I es here.'
- ?a1430 ?Hoccl.Poems PS Compl.Virg.(Hnt HM 111)46,48 : The sone of god..on hy hangith heer [Eg: hire] -- Why nart thow heere? o womman, where art thow?
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)237 : Here, yn' thys place: Hic.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)374/40 : Foure thousande and sex hundereth ȝere Haue we bene heere in þis stedde.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)366 : Say, felowe, who shal hunte here?
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)714/34 : Sir knyght, what seke you hyre?
b
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1101 : And se eorl syððan oð ðet ofer sancte Michaeles mæsse her on lande wunode.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1110 : Ðis wæs swiðe gedeorfsum gear her on lande.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2514 : The paleys ful of peple vp and doun, Heer thre, ther ten, holdynge hir questioun.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)185a/b : Missena..is a wyde londe and a large, here playne and here ful of mounteyns [L nunc plana, nunc montuosa].
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)101/8 : A man schall vnnethes fynd in ane of þaire berdes 1 hares; þai er few, here a hare and þare a hare.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)44/46 : Evyn here at hom þou me a-byde.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6381 : Þatt Crist comm her to manne.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)5 : He is iblescet þe þe her cumet on drihtenes nome.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4137 : Biddeh [read: Biddeð] alne godne mon..cumen ær sone.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31926 : Her comen þreo hundred scipen.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)41/434 : Ah nat i hwet vnselisið makede me her to sechen.
- a1275 Doomsday (Trin-C B.14.39)34 : Comeþ her [vr. heir], mine freond.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)462 : Ich..habbe boþe luue & þonc þat ich her com & hider swonk.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)162 : Whannes beo ȝe..Þat her to londe beoþ icume?
- c1300 SLeg.Swithin (Hrl 2277)9 : Ac siþþe hit was þat seint berin her bi weste wende.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2255 : Lat brynge a cartwheel heere into this halle.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6359 : Queder sum he welk her or þare, þis wandes euer he wit him bare.
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)389 : Lordinges, y am com here ffro Troye.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1112 : How goodly þat we fynde..þe goodly sond þat þou bryngist her.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)151/2572 : Cum ley þi loue here in my les!
- c1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)55 : Mars..throng now her, now ther, among hem bothe, That everych other slough, so were they wrothe.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)307 : Þise men ben boren aboute bi wyndis of vnstablenesse, & heyhid to grete statis, now here & now þere, for hem wantiþ þe rote of loue.
- a1500(a1400) Cleges (Adv 19.1.11)304 : I haue herr a present browȝt.
1b.
With implied verb or subject and verb: (a) here I am; (b) here is.
Associated quotations
a
- a1259 MParis CM (Corp-C 16)1.400 : Caput martyris eadem lingua respondens dixit, 'Her, her, her,' quod Latine dicitur, 'Hic, hic, hic.'
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.King (LdMisc 108)81 : Þo bi-gan þat heued to grede, Ase it a-mong þe þornes lay, and riȝt þeose wordes sede: 'Here, here, here,' with swete voyz as þei he were a-liue.
- a1350 Langtoft Chron.(Jul A.5)1.312 : La teste..apres kant homme la querayt Apres le cors trouve, 'Here! here! here!' parlait.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.4970 : Ha, help hier, Adrian!
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.22 : Alle þei were in were Tille þe hede him self said, 'here, here, here.'
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.4056 : And her my trouþe, ȝe ne may not fayle.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3948 : And here my trouþe: ȝe and alle ȝoures Of what ȝou list schal haue suffisaunce.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1617 : Leveth ek youre sorwe Or, here my trouthe, I wol naught lyve tyl morwe.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)391/325 : Nowe here my hande, I halde me paied.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)4938 : But what sum euer ye me tell, I shall hit kepe all, whiles ye wille, And þer to here my hand!
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)12/100 : Yit boroed I neuer a farthyng of hym, here my hend.
1c.
(a) In that place, there; (b) ?from this place, hence.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26108 : Ga aneouste, Beduer, and hefd him binim her [Otho: þer].
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2240 : Of alle þe kniȝtes here, No knewe him non bi siȝt.
b
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)4/9 : Þes mon is iwiten nu her.
2.
(a) At this place in a chronicle; at this point in a book, poem, sermon, etc.; at this point in daily devotions; ~ on this time, ~ on this yer; (b) in this book, here; ~ o this bok; (c) in this matter, concerning this; in this story or passage; from this fact, circumstance, passage, or story; holden on ~, to obey this; (d) used in charters and legal documents:?at this point in the document, ?at this place geographically [cp. 1a. (a)]; (e) in bibliographic references: in commenting on this passage, 'in loc.'.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.852 : Her on þis tima leot Ceolred..and þa munecas Wulfrede to hande þet land of Sempigaham.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1069 : Her man wrægde þone biscop Ægelric on Burh & sende hine to Westmynstre.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1103 : Hor on þisum geare to mide wintra wæs se cyng Heanrig æt Westmynstre.
- ?1130 Chron.Tbr.B.4 (Tbr B.4)p.214 : Her werþ Anagus ofsleien fram Scotta eere.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)24/13 : He bæd his sune hælu, swa swa hær sæȝð þis godspel.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)2/1 : Her onginnæð to sæcgæn be þam treowe þe ðeo rode wæs of iwroht.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3264 : Nu wile icc here shæwenn ȝuw Off ure laffdiȝ Marȝe.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19611 : Herr endeþ nu þiss Goddspel þuss.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)2/2 : Her biginneð þe liflade & te passiun of seinte margarete.
- c1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)title : Her cumseð þe uie of seinte iuliane.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)19/4 : Her alswa ȝe wulleð seggeð Deprofundis biuore þe pater nostres.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)25/9 : Her sitteð þe auez, fifti oðer hundret.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)126/4 : Nule ich her of bone segge namare.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)239 : Gingid him ðus ðis wilde der, So ge hauen nu lered her.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)1525 : Her endeþ þe tale of Horn.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1011 : Þer-ffore seyþ oure lord here þat his heste wole do Þe man þat him loueþ wel.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)18/2 : Þe uoulhede þet we spekeþ of hier..þet comþ of prede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1836 : Leef we now here, & a while to þe werwolf i wol aȝen turne.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.head. : Heere bigynneth the monkes tale.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)prol.38 : Þat Poul precheþ of hem, I dar not preouen heere.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Ph.(Manly-Rickert)C.103 : Suffiseth oon ensample now as heere.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)216b/a : Þat were ful longe to rekene heere alle arewe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1626 : Bot first a tre, ar i bigin, I sal sette hire of adam kin.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.103 : And here we stynten at thise lettres rede.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)73a/a : And þai be of 2 fourmez, riȝ of fraunch as here [*Ch.(2): as it foloweþ here; L vt hic]..Curued of bononie as here.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)229 : Here names shul not here be told for me.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)1 : Here bigynnyþ þe prolog.
- a1450(1391) Chaucer Astr.(Benson-Robinson)1 head. : Here begynneth the descripcioun of thin Astralabie.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)4a : Here bygynnyth a schort tretys.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)118/3 : And so here folowes aftre the polytyke rewle and demeane of Ponthus.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)517 : The Pardonere..nempnid hir namys..Huch to rech hire were noon honeste.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)52 : An oþer poynt is her putt.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.41 : Icc hafe sett her o þiss boc Amang Goddspelless wordess, All þurrh me sellfenn, maniȝ word Þe rime swa to fillenn.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1 : Wolle ȝe nouþe i-heore þis englische tale þat is here i-write?
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)20/3 : Her ȝe maȝen ihyræn þæt heo beoð ðreo & an God swa ðeah.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)81 : Her me ah to understonden for-whi hit seið alf quic.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3663 : Wite alle he is mon þat he here haldet on.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)59/34 : 'Allas,' zayþ saynt bernard, 'huet þer is hier zorȝuolle yelpinge.'
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.719 : Lo, here expres of wymmen may ye fynde That womman was the los of al mankynde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1330 : Here may ye see and here by may ye preeue That wyf is mannes help and his confort.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)167a/a : Þer þe glose seith vpon þat worde, 'here is noȝt ellis but [L Non est hic aliud nisi] goddes worde and his housse.'
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1036 : Seth hir [vr. here] his gentillesse, And his fredam, þe whiche is nat a lite!
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.284 : But Poul grauntiþ not here þat þis persone avyntisshide him.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)25558 : In your iouthede, yie bachelers, Þat þus to me now ere apers, Grete dole of yow and deshonurs.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.6.255 : Ryght so is it here, that the thinges that God hath present..thei shollen ben.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.FCLife (Corp-C 296)190 : But here þes ypocritis schullen wite þat crist & poul vnderstonden, [etc.].
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)7a : Bot here vndirstonde wel þat þilke þat schul ben men of werre, þey moste firste ben vsed to laboure.
- c1450(c1375) Chaucer Anel.(Benson-Robinson)198 : Ensample of this, ye thrifty wymmen alle, Take her of Anelida and Arcite.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)951 : If þou haue any herte here, help now þi modire.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)57/17 : How here is a delful auauntynge!
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)429 : Ant heere þe freris wiþ þer fautours seyn þat it is heresye to write þus goddis lawe in english.
d
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.675 : Gif hwa hit doð, þes papa curs of Rome..he habbe, & here ealre þe her be gewitnesse, & þis ic festnie mid Cristes tacne.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 : Ic tyðe þet ealle þa þing þe her is gifen & sprecon.
- a1700(1454) Grant Arms in Hrl.Soc.762 : Which armes I, the seid Clarensewe King of Armes, conferme unto the seid John and witnesse here that noe persone within the Raume of England ought for to bere hem but the seid John and the heirs of his body lawfully begaten.
e
- ?a1425 Wycl.CGosp.Luke (Cmb Kk.2.9:Hudson)26/221 : Gregor þere, and Bede here..Ambrose a litel bifore.
3.
(a) In this life, here on earth; (b) ~ on (in, upon) erthe, ~ on (in) lif, ~ on world, in this world ~, etc., here on earth, in this life.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)106/13 : Tylie he þæt he hyre þone teoþe dæl his daȝe for Gode feste.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10470 : Here uss clennseþþ Haliȝ Gast.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)159 : Al scal þer bon þenne cud þer men luȝen her [vrr. hier, er] ent stelen.
- a1200(?c1175) PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)331 : We solden biþenchen us..Hwu litle hwile we bieð her, hwu longe elles hware.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)23/28 : Efter mi sorhe þet ich am in her, lead me to þi blisse.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)41 : Þer heo schulen resten þe her ðe doð wurschipe.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)931 : Betere is þat heo wepen here þan elles hwar to beon deoulene fere.
- c1300 Worldes blis ne last (Arun 248)21 : Al sal gon þat man hier houet.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)7/191 : Cristendom his þat sacrement Þat men her ferst fongeþ.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)74/25 : Huo hier him demþ zoþliche, him ne worþ non hede to by uorlore ate daye of dome.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Heb.13.14 : We han not here a citee dwellinge, but we seken a citee to comynge.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1670 : Oure appetites heer..Al is this ruled by the sighte aboue.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)3.220 : Þat on god..gyueþ..To hem þat werchen wel whiles þei ben here [vrr. er, lyue].
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)7.238 : Thow wolt hongy heye þerfore her oþer in helle.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1831 : Hym aght gretely here þe dede to drede.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)314 : Bute helþe have we hir til we henne passe.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.16.11a : If þou wilt fynde reste heere and in þe blisse of heuene.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)34/23 : Ure Hælend wæs her on life ifullod.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)114/17 : Heo nu her on worlde his mycele eadmodnisse wæron unþongfulre þonne heo sceoldon.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19045 : Her i þiss werelld iss an lif Þatt all iss full off sinness.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)29 : Þa wile ȝe beoð heren on þisse scorte liue.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)35 : Hwile he wes her on þisse liue.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)12/159 : Þis mihte..teacheð her on eorðe..þe liflade of heouene.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)20 : Vre louerd..wu ðo him likede to ligten her on erðe, Migte neure diuel witen.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)184 : Ilk kinnes erf..Was mad of erðe on werlde her.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)592 : For þat loue þat ȝe loue leliest here in erþe.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)8.89 : Heore purgatorie is her vppon eorþe [B: here on þis erthe; C: vpon þys pure erthe].
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)17/63 : Here in þi liue do almus-dede! In heuyn þan sall þou haue þi mede.
- c1430(c1395) Chaucer LGW Prol.(2) (Benson-Robinson)373 : They ben half-goddes in this world here.
- a1450(1400) Eche man be war (Dgb 102)123 : They han here heuene in this world here.
4.
(a) At this time, now; ~ and nou, nou and ~, here and now, this instant; right ~, right now, on the spot; (b) at that time, on that occasion, then; ~..~, now..then.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9278 : Drihhtin hafeþþ mihhte To reȝȝsenn..Rihht here off þise staness..streon off Habraham.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)17600 : Aurilie wule beon dæd..her wit scullen wel wreken unker wine-mæies.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)25/248 : Ant her ich bihate þe..ne schal neauer mi luue..lutlin ne lihen.
- a1350 Ich herdemen (Hrl 2253)4 : Ne kepeþ here no sawe, ne no song synge; Nou we mote worche.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)536 : To god here i gif a gift.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)606 : I ȝiue me al in þi grace to gete me sum hele, as þow me here has behiȝt.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2228 : Þys buþ þe games of my contre, þat y þe telle here.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.297 : Anon for myn allye heere take I thee.
- (c1390) Gower CA 1st Concl.(Bod 902)474/3050* : This povere book heer I presente Unto his hihe worthinesse.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.1090 : Now rekke I neuere to been ded right heere.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1056 : Þis enquest I require yow here, Þat ȝe me telle..if euer ȝe tale herde Of þe grene chapel.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2385 : I biknowe yow, knyȝt, here stylle Al fawty is my fare.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.432 : Myn estat roial I here resigne.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.440 : But do me rather sterve anon-right here.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2061 : I profre yow..To ben youre page and serven yow ryght here.
- a1450 SLeg.Fran.(2) (Bod 779)608 : Ic þe segge here..ȝe schollen deye boþe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)366 : May þou hald me þis hest, as þou here tellis..Þen sall I cherische þe with chere.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)5/35 : Y make þis protestacioun here and now, bifore þe fynal vttryng and publischyng of eny of my bookis.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)6/4 : Ouer long it were me to declare now and heere how hard it is.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)62/369 : My blessing now I geue the here.
b
- 1131 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1131 : Her him trucode ealle his mycele cræftes.
- ?a1160 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1140 : Sume he iaf up, & sume ne iaf he noht & dide þanne wærse þanne he hær sculde.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)26/1 : Her him tweonode eft for his andȝitleaste.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)72/19 : Freolice he spæc her & ful andrædlice.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)20899 : Her wes Arður þe king æðelen bidæled.
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (LdMisc 108)7 : Heore liȝt queincte ouer-al..here þat liȝt barnde swiþe wel, and here it was al oute.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)103 : If he se his houndes drawe fast fro hym..he shalle say þus to hem here, 'How amy, how amy.'
5a.
In phrases: (a) ~ and ther (yonder), in this place and in that place, here and there; (b) ~ and ther, ~ and ~, ~ and yonder, everywhere; (c) ~ and ther (yonder), this way and that way, hither and thither.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)16 : Ne he comeþ nouȝt at chirche..For he haþ so muche to done to dele her & þere.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.689 : Bot none amendes hadde he, Bot was rebuked hiere and there Of hem that loves frendes were.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.5054 : His Ape..hadde gadred al aboute Of stickes hiere and there a route.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.707 : Euery craft..Kyng Priamus..Ordeyned hath to dwellyn..in stretis seueryd her and ȝonder.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5044 : He shulde on pecis hewe be a-soundre, Vp-on þe pleyn dismembrid here & ȝonder.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)74/35 : Nazareth..is not but a lytill village, & houses a brood here & þere [F de cea et de la].
- c1430(c1395) Chaucer LGW Prol.(2) (Benson-Robinson)63 : And I come after, glenynge here and there.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)53.30 : Thus he hadde travailled..and departed his kynnes Men bothe here & there.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4802 : He wass himm sellf Full hefiȝlike secnedd Onn all hiss bodiȝ her & tær Þurrh an full atell adle.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)237 : Þes lare and lage swiðe acolede þurh manifead fenne [read: manifeald senne] and, hur and hur, þurh false godes þe ælc þiode ham selfe macede.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (LdMisc 108)571 : As wollez manie of þis riche men with onriȝte al day take Of pouere men here ant þer -- and almesse þar-of make.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9431 : Hii velle here & þere, & flowe atte laste.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)1083 : Now we han ben her & tar, Þe pris y-wonne euer ay-war.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3821 : William..was euer here & þere.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4681 : He..fild þe berns her and þar [Trin-C: here & þore].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13981 : Iesus preched hir and þar [Trin-C: vche where].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.4257 : Seuene thowsand knyȝtes..Whiche mercyles..Þe Grekis han here & þer I-grounded.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3287 : And in þe felde astonyed here & ȝonder With sodeyn stroke of þe dredful þonder.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)71/9 : Alexander went here & þare amangez þe oste & comforthed þam.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)14133 : Arþur dide manion deye Of Moddredes folk here & þere.
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)144 : And forþermore in þe tempil were Ful mani a þousand of louers, here & þere.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)30/30 : He fared woode as a lyon and stirred his horse here and there on the ryght honde and..lyffte honde.
c
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (Hrl 2277)82 : Þe deuel wrickede her and þer.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)167 : Þe wind þere..wolde arere & bere vp grete cloþes..& bloue hom here & þere.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11415 : Hii þat hulde mid þe king, & nere nouȝt inome, Wende aboute her & þer, as hii miȝte best bicome.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)66/25 : Hare mouþ is ase þe wyȝte þet ualþ ine hot weter, þet kest hyer and þer, and scoldeþ alle þo þet byeþ þer aboute.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4217 : The wyf..gan hir cradel mysse And groped heer and ther, but she fond noon.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2117 : Hise large hornes he avanceth And caste hem here and there aboute.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1883 : Forth he flou, Flou vp and don, soght here and tare [Frf: soȝt ay quare].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.4291 : He rod among hem here & ȝonder.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.5.32 : Thilke wit cometh to beestis that ne mowen nat moeven hemself her and ther, as oistres and muscles.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2687 : She rist yit up and stakereth her and there.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)393 : Þe childe loked here and þare, On þe cowe aboute our whare.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)348/26 : He reled here and there, and had falle downe had nat his men recoverde hym.
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)71 : Al the houshold..here and ther ran and arraied.
5b.
Her and ther: (a) in this life and in the hereafter; (b) on both sides; (c) now and then; (d) of this and that, in this manner and that.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10475 : Baþe comm uss Jesu Crist To clennsenn here & tære.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3995 : Here and þere þey shul haue greuaunce, But þere shal be here most veniaunce.
b
- c1460 Oseney Reg.90/4 : And þe parties here and þere of þe trowth to be saide i-swore, þe saide Executours..denyed as þey dyde afore.
c
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.179 : She naught his tales herde, But her and ther, now here a word or two.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2516 : Hire letter was ryght long..But here and ther in rym I have it layd, There as me thoughte that she wel hath sayd.
d
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.3 : He stod in grete thoȝt, And feignede his word her and ther, and ne grantede noȝt.
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (Hrl 2277)74 : Treoflinge heo smot her and þer in anoþer tale sone.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10498 : Þe king glosede her & þer & made it somdel touȝt, Ac þo it com to þe strengþe he nolde it graunti nouȝt.
6.
In phrases, with weakened or modified meaning: (a) ~ ben, here is (are), there is (are, was); this is, these are; (b) ~ comen, here come(s, there came; here is (am); (c) have ~, take now, take; I offer, I pledge; (d) haven ~, ~ haven, to have (sth.) with one, to have; (e) lo ~, lok ~, lo here, see here, behold, see; (f) this ~, this one here (in context: this woman); this man ~, this man; mi lord ~, my lord; us ~, us; in this ~, in this place; out of this ~, out of this place; etc.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Oc her is an igland þæt man cleopeð Ancar ig.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)32/13 : Her is mucel andȝit eow monnum to witenne.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)78/25 : Her is sceortlice andsware.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)23 : Her beoð þa limen þet suneget uwilene mon.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10234-6 : Her wes mete, her wes drænc..her wes unimete fare.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)9/6 : Giet hier is mare of ðe eueles kennes sade.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.2078 : Lo, lordes myne, here is a fit.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1629 : And here is a ferly byfallen.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.3.67 : Thanne is here necessite in the toon and in the tothir.
- ?a1425(c1390) Chaucer Truth (Benson-Robinson)17 : Her is non hoom, her nis but wildernesse; Forth, pilgrim, forth!
- (1464) Let.Ormond in Fortescue Works24 : My lord, herebuthe withe the quene the dukes of Excestre and Somerset, and his brother.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3891-2 : An þan ilke time hær com a selkeð taken, sulche hare nere eær ne com.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21411 : Þa cleopede Arður ludere stefne: 'Her ich cume, Colg[r]im!'
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)88 : Her comeþ þe metere.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1643 : Here cometh my mortal enemy.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2100 : Here comeþ Darrie wiþ al his cast.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)168/64 : Here he commys now.
c
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)412 : Haue here þis bold barn, & be til him meke.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1610 : Haue here my trouthe, tomorowe I wol nat faille.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1587 : Have hier myn hond, I schal thee wedde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1152 : Haue her my feith to borwe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4032 : Hath here my trouth til tyme þat I deye.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.1061 : I wol thi thank deserve, Have here my trowthe!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.885 : Have heere, and bereth hym this blewe ryng.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1366 : Have here another wey.
d
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Ic haue here godefrihte muneces þa wolden drohtien, [etc.].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25323 : And her we habbeoð an honden writen þat he sende.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)125 : I brak þe point [of the sword] in his hed; And siththen when þat he was ded, I tok hit out and haue hit er.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)116/121 : I sall happe þe..With such clothes as we haue here.
e
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12726 : Loc here, þiss iss Godess Lamb.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5025-7 : Loka her, þa tittes þat þu suke mid þine lippes! Lou war hire, þa wifmon þa þe a ðas weoreld ibær!
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)38/663 : 'Efter þi word,' quoð ha, 'mote me iwurðen; low her, mi lauerdes þrel.'
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)31/8 : Al þe wa þet nu is..al com of sihðe -- þet hit beo soð, lo her preoue [Nero: her þe preoue].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)65/16 : Lo her, aȝeines wreaððe monie remedies.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1844 : Lo here, youre ende of that I shal deuyse.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.5097 : Lo hier my gold, lo hier mi Ston!
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.2139 : Lo here, my feith, in me shal be no lak.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7812 : Lo hir! his crone to þe i broght [Göt: Lo here! his croune fair and bright].
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.325 : Lo here! my soul to amendes For alle synneful soules.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.373 : 'Lo me her,' quaþ oure lorde, 'lyf and soule bothe, For alle synful soules to saue oure beyere ryght.'
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1456 : Loo her, þe charge þat was on me leide.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1590 : Lo here, þe fyn of his entencioun.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1849-50 : Lo here, of payens corsed olde rites, Lo here, what alle hire goddes may availle.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)568 : Lo here, a parfit resoun of a goos!
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)28/19 : Loo her, oure people that has myche to doo..Goo we to socour theym.
f
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)42 : Me þuȝte..afeld þat we were, Þou & mi moder & mine breþren here.
- c1330 St.Greg.(Auch)157/905 : Þis treytour sitt among ous here.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)978 : A mercy, madame, on þis man here.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.1113 : But thonketh my lord heere of his kyndenesse.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1646 : Lordynges, I koude han told yow..Hadde I had leyser for this somnour heere After the text of Crist, Poul, and Iohn.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)773 : In þis here seke þai wyll, Bot on þis bed luke þou be styll.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2087 : And leve hereafter that I may yow fynde To me and to my syster here so kynde.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)141.49 (v.2:p.396) : I beleue .. this hyre [L hanc] to byn hys most holy modyr.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)162/1 : I Haue be prest in jherusalem here And tawth goddys lawe many A ȝere.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)164/119 : The best wyse that we may hast vs outt of this here.
7.
In cpds. and combs.: (a) ~ being(e, life on earth; ?also, a dwelling in, sojourn in; ~ biwist, ~ living, ~ woninge, life on earth; (b) ~ above(n, previously in a discourse, above in a book; ~ among, included among these things; ~ as, where; ~ boven, above this place; ~ enclosed, enclosed herein; ~ forbi, past this place; ~ onoven, hereafter; ~ outer, outside of this place; ~ over, besides, furthermore; ~ toward, hitherto; ~ umbe, concerning this, about this; ~ yet, here still, even here; from ~ ward, away from this place.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)125 : Seint lucas giu muneð..þe wunderlich hider kume and þe erueðliche herbiwist..of ure louerd seint iohan baptiste.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)127 : Þe fader..witegede þe childes arueðliche herbiwist.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)141 : Hwu wunderliche was his hider-cume and hwu wrecchede his her-biwist and hwu siker his heðensið.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)185 : Sorehful is ure hider cume..and hure he[r] wunenge is swiðe reulich.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.141 : So I segge by ȝow riche, it semeth nouȝt þat ȝe shulle Haue heuene in ȝowre here-beyng and heuene her-after.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)17.9 : Hit semeþ nat ȝe shulle Haue two heuenes for ȝoure her-beynge.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)31/58 : Þat all ȝour here levyng may be to his plesyng.
b
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)85/26 : Hit te wile likin be nihte oðer be daiȝe, ȝif ðu mid alre herte hier embe wilt þenchen.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)103/23 : Ðat bið ðo werewede gostes ðe waitið ðo soules hier buuen on ðe wolkne.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)47/499 : Ne neauer mare her on-uuen ne der ich cumen biuoren him.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)190/27 : Of þes twa bitternesses awakeneð swetnesse, her ȝet i þis world, nawt ane in heouene.
- c1230 Ancr.(Corp-C 402)102/6 : Her imong beoð..bittre wordes.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)376 : Þat child from here warde was wente.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.668 : What cors is this that passeth heer forby?
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1377 : Mi fader, I beknowe a part, So as ye tolden hier above.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2190 : Be these ensamples here above..Thou miht wel se.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)12a/b : Here ouer [L Preter hec] aungelis kynde passiþ a bodiliche kynde in subtilite of his essencia.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)86a/a : Here ouer þis [L Preter hec etiam], in wommen bledinge comeþ of þe modir.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)927 : Here utter on a rounde hil hit hovez hit one.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6135 : Þinke how ȝe han þe goddis founde Her-toward benigne and fortunat.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.207 : Her-toward no þing hath mescheued.
- (1442) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2191 : True men..send the saide matiers herinclosed unto your said Lordship.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)219/1 : Yf the Same tree were vpon erthe, here as drede ne perill were noght, he wolde neuer falle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.852 : Her was wið se cining Burhred and Ceolred arceb., [etc.].
Note: New sense: ?meeting (of minds) here (on this point).