Middle English Dictionary Entry
hider adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | hider adj. Also hudder; comp. hider, hiderer, hiderore; sup. hederest. |
| Etymology | From adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Near, nearer, less distant.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)466 : Þe sonne..schyneth on þe hiderore [Hrl: nerre; Corp-C: hider] half [of the moon], on þulke þat ner him is.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.299 : Þere beeþ tweye Spaynes; þe hyder [Higd.(2): The nyer Spayne] bygynneþ from þe pleynes and valeys of Pireneies..Þe ȝonder Spayne conteyneþ þe west partye.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.165 : Pipinus..hadde i-wonne þe hider [vr. hudder; L citeriorem] Frisia.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)174a/b : Asturia is a prouynce of þe hider Spayne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)181a/b : Spayne is double, þe hiderer and þe ȝonderer [L citerior et vlterior].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)194b/b : Þat hider cuntrey..bereþ wele corne, and þe yonder ben ful of serpentys and of beestes þat ben wylde.
- (1462) Acc.Howard in RC 57562 : My master brake his hederest ponde at Sprottes.
- ?c1475 Direct.Sailing in Hak.Soc.79 (Lnsd 285)14 : Beware of the hidre stonys.
- a1525(?1426) Cov.Leet Bk.108 : Fro þe hedur-ende of þe Brige to þe hed of Cundyte..þe wardeyns haue þe ouersight & þe mendyng of hit.