Middle English Dictionary Entry
hō̆rien v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | hō̆rien v.(2) Also hore, hure. Forms: p. horegede; ppl. ihoried, hord, horwed. |
| Etymology | OE gehorwian, gehorgian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To defile (sb. or sth.), defoul, pollute; (b) to be or become physically corrupted or rancid; also fig. [quot.: c1390]; (c) ppl. horied, of a person: defiled, corrupted; of an animal: ceremonially unclean.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)201 : We habbeð don of us þe ealde man, þe us horegede alle, and don on þe newe, þe clenseð alle.
- a1300 Hwi ne serue (Jes-O 29)47 : Leste he schulde his saule horyen and schede.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)125b/b : Alle gresi þingis horiþ þe wounde & lettiþ þe closynge of þe lippis.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)138/32 : Oft the lond shal be Ihoryed [vr. defowlid] & I-steyned wyth grete slaght of men.
b
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)288/48 : Fleschlich lust Makeþ Monnes soule Rote..And bi fore god hore and Moule, ffor noþing is to god so foule.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)268/872 : Medle hem with may butter..and medle it in a vessell, and keuer it vj days or vij forto it bygynne to hore.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.47 : Connyng..That is kept in cofree will mowle and hore And turne will to filthe and waste.
- a1500 Sln.2584 Med.Miscell.(Sln 2584)127/13 : Take eþur botter..and medlet in a uessel and couere it 6 daies or 7, til it be-gynne to hure.
c
- a1400 Þo oure lord god (Mrg M 957)p.319 : Y ne myȝte neuer ȝet on him [God] of senne fasten non hore; þer for ches anoþer which þe likþ best to be oure hord broder and dedliche sennes nest.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)335 : Of uche clene comly kynde enclose seven makez; Of uche horwed in ark halde bot a payre.