Middle English Dictionary Entry
hirst(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hirst(e n. Also hurst(e, herst(e, (error) hurfte. |
| Etymology | OE hyrst |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A wood, grove; (b) a hill, hillock; also, a peak or eminence of a hill; (c) a sandbank, sandbar; (d) ?a place of any kind; (e) in surnames; (f) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.276-7].
Associated quotations
a
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3369 : Þe bewes scholde bewe down and bryng to my hondes Of þe beste that they bare one brawnches so heghe; Than they heldede to hir heste all holly at ones, The hegheste of iche a hirste.
- c1475 Awntyrs Arth.(Tay 9)p.3 : The hunteres thay haulen by hurstes [Thrn: in holttis] and by hoes.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.29/13 : I haue i-ȝefe..all my mede þe which is at þe west of here courte of osney (now hit is i-called ffullyngmylleham and þe hurst with þe mede lying þere-to), in-to perpetuell almys.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Magd.(2) (LdMisc 108)377-80 : Huy lokeden heom bi-side and seiȝen an heiȝh hurst Swiþe feor in þe se..him þouȝte þat wel more wisdom to þe bodie it were to burien it opon þet heiȝe hurst.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)18 : Opon þe hexte hurste [Corp-C: toret] of al þe hulle, atþe laste he him fond.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)8729 : Phillis spredis bank and hirste; With mochel folk come he doun ffirste.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)195a/b : Also it is harde and moste perel to falle and smyte on hurstes of grauele hudde in þe see vndir watir.
d
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)394 : Þe Eorþe nis bote a luytel hurst [vr. hurfte] a-ȝein þe riȝte heouene, i-wis.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.419 : At Nemyn in Norþ Wales, A litel ilond þere is, Þat hatte Bardeseie..Men lyueþ so long in þat hurste [L Ubi] Þat þe eldest deiȝeþ furst.
e
- (1186) in Pipe R.Soc.36205 : Petrus de Herst.
- (1197) Feet Fines Rich.I in Pipe R.Soc.2412 : Robertus de Hurst.
- (1214) CRR(2) 7134 : Robertus de la Hurste.
- (1235) Close R.Hen.III70 : Godefridus de la Herst.
- (1248) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames112 : Editha atte Hurst.
- (1262) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames15 : Warin. de la Blakehurst.
- (c1275) Hundred R.Tower 1447 : Simon de le Hirst.
- (1289) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)1.616 : Robert de Hyrst.
- (1297) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 1685 : Joh. Fayrhirst.
- (1327) in Fransson Surn.205 : Will. Herstman.
- (1327) Sub.R.Stf.in WSAS 7234 : Petrus atte hurst.
- (1331) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames211 : Ric. atte Todhurst.
- (1361) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames113 : Thom. atte Hurst.
- (1399) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames113 : Will. atte Hirst.
f
- (c1160) EPNSoc.29 (Der.)738 : Assehurst.
- (c1200) EPNSoc.20 (Cum.)88 : Hulverhirst.
- (1221) EPNSoc.13 (War.)66 : Notehurste.
- (1224) EPNSoc.13 (War.)66 : Nutehyrste.
- (c1230) in Wallenberg PNKent343 : Sandhurst. Sandherst.
- (?a1250) in Madox Form.Angl.(1702)117 : Tocius bosci qui vocatur La Hurste apud Rokesie.
- (1270) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)437 : Durhurst.
- (1280-1300) EPNSoc.28 (Der.)260 : Greyhirst Wood.
- (1304) EPNSoc.7 (Sus.)480 : Herst Munceus.
- (1329) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)152 : Duddynherst.
- (1350) EPNSoc.3 (Bedf.& Hnt.)211 : Woldhurst.
- (1379) EPNSoc.31 (West Riding Yks.)32 : Thornehirst.
- (1393) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.12 : [Woods called] Bruyll, Haukhurst, [and] Walderne.
- (1398) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.192 : [A pasture for large animals in a wood called] le Herst.
- (1404) EPNSoc.28 (Der.)283 : Hasalhurste.
- (1415) EPNSoc.28 (Der.)416 : Le Hardehirst.
- (1422) in Ekwall PNLan.51 : Coppedhyrst.
- (1453) EPNSoc.29 (Der.)738 : Le Holynhurst.
- (1483) EPNSoc.30 (West Riding Yks.)15 : Thornynghurst.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1303) Freeman R.in KRec.18184 : Stephanus de Herst.
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