Middle English Dictionary Entry
hēren adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | hēren adj. Also heiren, herin, (early) hæren. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. WS hǣren. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Made of hair; woven or braided of hair; ~ clout, a rag of haircloth; ~ sarge, a curtain of woven hair; ~ sherte, a hair shirt; ~ sive = her(e-sive.
Associated quotations
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)36/18 : Forþyȝ weron itealde..endlyfæn wæbb..þa endlyfæn wæron hærene for ðare dæþbote.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.11.32 : Vpon what þyng falle eny þyng of þe fallen to deeþ of hem shal be polute, as wel þe trenen vessel & cloþynge, as skynnys & heren shirtes [L cilicia; WB(2): heiris].
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ex.26.7 : Thow shalt make elleuen heeren sarges [L saga cilicina; WB(2): saies] to couer the roof of the tabernacle.
- c1425 Chaucer CT.Pard.(Petw 7)C.736 : Modere, with ȝou wold I chaunge my chest That in my chambere longe tyme haþ be, Ȝe, for an heeren cloute to wrappe me.
- ?a1440 Hortus (Brist-U)266 : Cilicimus, cilicii: heyrene.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)232/9 : Wryng out þe juce thorow a clene clothe; þen take an heren clothe, and wete hym in þe juce and playstir þe place of þe gowte þerwith.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)134/6 : Take it [a mixture] doun, and lete it renne thorow an heryn sewe in-to a fayre panne.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)121 : Tak appelles and sethe them and..fret them throughe an heryn syff.
- (1482) in Salzman Building in Engl.278 : [For 2] herynropes.
- a1500 12 PTrib.(2) (Rwl C.894)405 : Þe tabernacle of god schuld be heled with heren sackis.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.45 Recipes (Trin-C R.14.45) 123/22 : Take an heren brosshe and wete hit in þe cole, and overbroysshe þe skynne with þat cole onys or twys.
Note: Glossary: "heren adj. 'made of hair'."
Note: ?New cpd.: ~ brushe.