Middle English Dictionary Entry
hōr(e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | hōr(e n.(1) Also ore, hori(e, heore & hor(e)we, horowe, horwȝ. Pl. (gen. early) hōrene. |
| Etymology | OE horh & horu. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Physical filth; dirt, mud, slime, etc.; werpen ~, to defecate; (b) moral foulness, corruption, sin; alre horene ~, sin of all sins, worst of sins; tonges ~, slander; withouten ~, immaculate; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.263].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)122.105/2 : Leȝe to þare wunde..ȝif þar wæt hories on byð.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)31/1 : Alle ðo faire þinges ðe on ðare swikele woreld faire þencheð, ne telþ hie namore ðarof ðanne of horewe.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)596 : Þu sittest and singst bihinde þe se[t]le, Þar me mai þe ilomest finde, Þar men worpeþ hore [vr. heore] bihinde.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(LdMisc 108)10 : Þis guode child..So clene he cam from is moder with-oute ech-manere hore..þat no cloth..no-þing þe foulere it nas.
- a1325(?c1300) Caiphas (Sln 2478)95 : Lokeþ hys hous boe wel clene Þat non hore þaryn boe sene.
- ?c1335(a1300) Cokaygne (Hrl 913)34 : Þer nis schepe, no swine, no gote, No non horwȝ la, god it wote.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)180 : So clene lond is engelond & so cler wiþ outen hore [vr. ore], Þe veireste men in þe world þer inne beþ ibore.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)77/36 : Hi yeueþ þe worlde uor heuene, naȝt uor al, hor uor gold.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)137/15 : Huet am ich bote esssse and spearken and hor and stench?
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)25a/b : Somtyme þey [the ears] buth..I-schent with diuers humours, and sontyme filþe & hoore I-rotid þerinne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)153b/a : Also filþe and hore of cites falleþ in to ryuers..of the whiche ryuere þe watir some tyme takeþ corrupcioun.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)339/15 : Mundificatum is as miche to seie as clensyng, & doiþ awei hore.
- a1425-a1500(?c1350) Libeaus (Kaluza)1567 : Þey takeþ in al þat hore Þat er was out y-bore.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)40b : Mell of lupyne..y-put in þe erys clensith ham of all stynche and hore.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)37 : Swo ben alle oregel men, þe..drieð hordom, and of þe hore fule stinkeð.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)49 : Turtle..bitocneð þe clenesse þe is bideled of þe hore þat is cleped hordom, þat is alre horene hore.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)119 : Þe holi gost..clensede hem alle of þe hore of alle sinnes.
- a1250 Orison Lord (Lamb 487)187 : Mine sunnen habbeþ grimliche iwreþed me..for swa ich am wiþ hare hori [Nero: horie] fenliche ifuled.
- a1275 Nu þis fules (Trin-C B.14.39)5 : Heo [Mary] his wituten sunne and wit-uten hore.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)260/2 : Seinte Marie egyptiane..Al hire ȝounge lijf heo liuede in sunne and in hore.
- c1300 SLeg.Lucy (LdMisc 108)2 : Ȝong heo bi-gan to serui god and bi-lefde sunne and hore.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of god (Hrl 913)34 : Har stides forto fulfille Þat wer ifalle for prude and hore, God makid Adam to is wille.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)228/19 : Þe spot of hor is þe couaytise of þe wordle.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)5725 : Þou most..be-lyue on gode sone, þat in marye y-kened was & suþþe of hure body y-bore, Wyþ-oute wem & wyþoute hore.
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)907 : Helpe þat I were out of borowe [read: horowe; Dgb: horwe], And alle þat þere-ynne are lope.
- a1450(a1400) SLeg.Corp.Chr.(Bod 779)234 : God ne myȝte on no wise on erþe ben I-bore of no woman þat wist of any-maner hore.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)206 : Somtyme envyous folk with tunges horowe [rime: sorowe, borowe] Depraven hem.
- c1450 As y gan wandre (Lamb 853)13 : On me was nieþer wem ne hore, But siþen in synne y haue be.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)4 : Cryst Ihesu..Was in þis world bore Of a mayd withowt hore.
c
- (c1100) in Wallenberg PNKent43 : Hortune.
- (c1150) in Ekwall Dict.EPN238 : Horham.
- (1221) in Ekwall Dict.EPN208 : Horeburn.
- (1248) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)179 : Horemede.
- a1307(c1280) Cust.Battle Abbey in Camd.n.s.4135 : Pro prato de la Hore.
- (1313) in Wallenberg PNKent134 : Horewessh.
- (1376) EPNSoc.2 (Bck.)239 : Horton by Colbroke.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.89 : [A parcel of pasture called] Horbat.
- (1396) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.65 : [A plot of land of 12 acres called] Horewellefeld.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)109/331 : Fike is an euel þat wol gendri in hore of hym.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)109/334 : A fyke..is neysche gaderynge of humorus of rede colour or of blo colour or blak with-oute hooro spryngynges oute of þe skyn in þe manere of a rype fyge.
Note: New sense: humor, mucus
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. hore.