Middle English Dictionary Entry
hē̆ren pron.
Entry Info
| Forms | hē̆ren pron. Also hern(e, hiren, heoren, heoran, huren. |
| Etymology | From hē̆r(e pron. & -en suf. (5). Modeled after poss. pronouns mīn & thīn. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Used absol.: theirs, their own, of them; their property, their folly, etc.; thei (hem) and ~, they (themselves) and their households; ~ sheppend, the Creator of them; of ~, belonging to them; of their own invention [quot.: (1340)]; (b) of ~, part of their army [1st quot.]; of their (poor men's) goods [2nd quot.]; (c) in early use: their.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)252 : He..hereð ant hersumeð seheliche schaftes..as he schulde his & heoren [vr. heren] & alre þinges schuppent.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)42/28 : Godd al-mihti beah to mon, to marie & to ioseph..& folhede ham ase heoren hwider se ha walden.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)60/21 : Hy leueþ and dobbleþ and moreþ hit of hiren al-huet þer is more of lyeasinge þanne of zoþ.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.5.3-10 : Blessed be the pore in spirit, for the kingdam in heuenes is heren [WB(2): herne; L ipsorum]..the kyngdam of heuenes is herun.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Tim.3.9 : The vnwysdom of hem schal be knowen to alle men, as and hern was [L sicut et illorum fuit].
- c1390 Mirror St.Edm.(1) (Vrn)1145-9 : Heoren is þe Ioye euerlastonde Wiþ god and wiþ godus sonde..ffor heoren is þe kyndom Þer as dwelleþ God and Mon.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)6155 : Lafte þei not þat heren [Vsp: þairs] was, Sheepe ne cow.
- a1400 Bk.Mother (Eg 826)39 : Thei that so muche loven God, that for his love wolen suffre mysseyinges, hate, and al maner bodyly peynes, for huren is the kyndom of heven.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)27/7 : For hiren is þe blis of heuene.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Josh.2.13 : Ȝyue ȝe to me a veri signe, that ȝe saue my fadir and modir, and my britheren and sistris, and alle thingis that ben herne.
- c1440 Chaucer CT.Sum.(Lin-C 110)D.1926 : Hern [Heng: Wher it be likker oure profession Or hire that swymmen in possession].
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)4606 : Wyth greth ioy þei toke hyr body, And to a place of hern þei it dede bere.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)479 : The vnwisdom of hem schal be knowe to alle men, as hern was.
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)310 : Bi graunte of hem self, oþere ordris ben betere þen heeren, and ȝit þei louen more here owen þen þei don þe betere ordris.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)414 : Þe gospel of luk seiþ hou marye maudelen & cusees wif & many oþere mynystriden to crist of þe godis þat weren herne.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)433 : Hou þey & herne shulen first take mesurably of þes godis.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)444 : Prelatis þat wolen not suffere a man to preche whanne he telliþ þer defautis but whanne he preisiþ hem & herne.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4189 : Fare we bi-halues alse we of heoren weoren.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)38/30 : Þe oþer is ine kueade lordes..þet be-ulaȝeþ þe poure men..þet hy zecheþ oþer beþencheþ hou hi moȝe habbe of hiren.
c
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1101 : Sona þær æfter wurdon þa heafod men her on lande-wiðer ræden togeanes þam cynge, ægðer ge for heoran agenan mycelan ungetrywðan & eac þurh þone eorl Rodbert of Normandig.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1119 : Þa twegen cyngas innan Normandige mid heoran folcan coman togædere.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)101 : Bisceopas..setteð heoran handan ofer ifulȝede men.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)27653 : Al heo hit sloȝen þat heo aneh comen þe while þe heo mihte walden heoren kinewurðe wepnen.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1450 Dives & P.(BodTh d.36)77/23 : Hern is þe kyngdom of heuenes.
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