Middle English Dictionary Entry
hōrī(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | hōrī(e adj. Also horẹ̄, (error) heri. |
| Etymology | OE horig |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Dirty, filthy, soiled; ceremonially unclean or defiling; med. of a wound or sore: purulent, suppurating; as noun: dirt, filth; purulent matter; (b) sinful, wicked, corrupt; as noun: sinfulness, corruption; ~ gost, unclean spirit [?a pun]; (c) ?earthy; (d) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1335 Heil seint Michel (Hrl 913)p.157 : Heil be ȝe hokesters.. Wiþ þe hori tromcheri hori is ȝure inne!
- ?c1335 Þe king of heuen (Hrl 913)26 : Þat heliþ þi fleis and þi bone..Hit nis bote a hori felle.
- a1333 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Add 46919)1068 : Hori cloth [glossing AF (Cmb): sale nape].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.22.6 : He þat toucheþ..eny vnclene whoos touchynge is hory [WB(2): foul; L sordidus] shal been vnclene vn to þe euyn.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)32a/a : Alle þise wasschiþ awey hory [L sordes] of þe face and..makeþ pure and clene.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)261a/a : Oþer maner fissh..fleeþ..hory and vnclene nettes.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)78/3 : Þer ben vj maner of þis vlcus: summe þat ben venemous, summe hore [Add: hory; L sordidum].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)82/6 : An hory [L sordidum] wounde shal be heelid in remeuynge awey þe crust eiþere filþe þat is in him.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)60a : He [planteyn] clensith wete woundis and hory and heliþ.
- a1425 *Trev.Barth.(Mrg M 875)34a/a : Water..most clenseþ hory [Add: hery] þynges.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)141 : Forbisne of..penitentence [sic] þat is of clensunge, þat is þat brinð hori to clene.
- c1300 SLeg.MPChr.(LdMisc 108)418 : With Inne heo beothz horie and foule and with oute of clene rede.
- a1325(?c1300) Caiphas (Sln 2478)70 : Þy saule..after fullouȝt þoruȝ fulþe of synne, Sone is mad wel hory.
- ?c1335 Swet ihc hend (Hrl 913)p.82 : To hori ding What makiþ man so hold?
- c1390 SLeg.Cross (Vrn)422 : Sire, false god, in þis false heuene i-founde, Mid þy sone and mid þin hori-gost [Ld: holie gost], ȝe beþ neih aswounde.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1870 : Þis mayden is so clene & so vertuose also, þat þis synfulle worlde, þat so horry ys, Maynot kepe hurre body no lengur.
c
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)2583 : I gynne to waxyn hory & colde.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)139/10,11 : Þer are iij specis of þis herbe [calamente]: on þat is stony, anoþer þat is hery [vr. erthi], þe thrydde watery..he þat is hory [vr. eorthy] makyth a man moyst.
d
- (1275) Hundred R.Tower 1163 : Robertus Hory.
- (1283) Close R.Edw.I214 : Wlsi Horiballok.