Middle English Dictionary Entry
iere n.
Entry Info
| Forms | iere n. |
| Etymology | ML yera & OF ierre, iere, yerre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Ground ivy Glecoma hederacea.
Associated quotations
- [ a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)558 : Hedera nigra, i. iere, i. oerþiui. ]
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)132b/a : If þe fantasie be not continued bot som tyme interpolate most after goode digestionz and takyng of yerarum, i. ierez [*Ch.(2): yeres]..It procedeþ of the wombe.
- (1448-49) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7848 : Pro holye and yere ad festum Pasche, i d.