Middle English Dictionary Entry
ifẹ̄re adv.
Entry Info
Forms | ifẹ̄re adv. Also ifer, ifeire, iffere, ivere, iveore, efer(e. |
Etymology | From ifẹ̄re n.(1) & (2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of persons or animals: (a) in company, together; al ~, all together; bothe (samen) ~, both together; (b) in his or her company, with him or her; (c) as a pair or a group, jointly, collectively, in a body; bothe ~, jointly, both of you or them; ben gadered ~, to be assembled; (d) al ~, all together, as a group, in unison; all of you.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3286 : Heo..seide him ibedde, þer heo leiin iueore.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7357 : Þine aldren and ure at Troye wuren ifeire.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)27435 : Twein kinges þere æuere weoren ifere.
- ?a1300 Sayings St.Bern.(Dgb 86)762/20 : And nou þey lien in helle I-fere.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)97/502 : 'Blauncheflur,' he sede, 'go we ifere.'
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)179/19 : Guod it is and murie breþren to wonie i-fere [Corp-C: yuere]!
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)5330 : Hii habbeþ so mochel folk so nas neuere ivere [Clg: on ferde].
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)24750 : Euere tweine and tweyne wenden i-vere [Clg: to-somne].
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)295 : What ioie þeih sholen han ifere Þat seruen god on eorþe here.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2180 : William & his worþi lef were liand i-fere.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2267 : In caue þei lyen, & slepen samen y-fere.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.387 : Þo þey tweyne wente ifere, and diggede gret tresour.
- c1400 *Trev.Higd.(Tbr D.7)186a : Þanne þe kyng & þe byschop..sete yvere atte mete.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3686 : Was Medea glad and of good chere, Sche and Iason sittyng bothe I-fere.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3741 : She made first hir went..to kyng Adrastus tent, He and his lordys beyng al yffere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.910 : She and alle hire folk in went yfeere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1116 : With that they wenten arm in arm yfeere Into the gardyn from the chaumbre down.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)903 : We preyen yow..That in o grave yfere we moten lye.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.My Lady (Add 16165)54 : Þe hert, þe hynde in þe forest..Stonden most at avauntage In laundis whanne þey renne efeer.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)263 : Herro, Dido, Laudomia, alle yfere..Maketh of your trouthe neythir boost ne soun.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)2111 : Charlys ne tok no dussyper, But Gwynes and turpyn y-fer, That weren of heyȝe parayle.
- a1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)260 : Sexten hertus..Byfore þe cheff cheuenten Y-leyd wer y-fere.
b
- c1400 St.Alex.(3) (LdMisc 622)60/881 : Þe Emperoures..chalenged hym in þis manere, Eufeniens & his wijf yfere.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.621 : Iason..dothe hym redy make..Toward þe see, and Hercules y-fere.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1554 : So Horestes and þe kyng y-fere Be riden forþe with many manly man.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1038 : Þis was þe gouernyl þey token hem to, þe moder & þe douȝter y-fere.
c
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)166 : Al him preysed þer y-fere.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)23/623 : Crist hys þat heued, þe prest þe mouþe, Þe lymes þat folke i-vere.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1546 : Sone þay wern araid ariȝt, þus vij kyngis y-vere, In stedes þat were fair of siȝt & eke on riche armere.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)2.67 : Glotonye and grete oþus Ich ȝiue hem I-feere [vr. togidere].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)176b/a : Þey shal oones ben gadred yfeere and goo oute of deserte.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)108 head. : Hou þat Jesus schewed hym to seint Thomas & to all þoþere apostles ifere.
- a1425 Nicod.(1) (Add 32578)361 : Pilat saide to þe Iuwes yfere.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)22 : Thys onest craft of good masonry Wes ordeynt and made yn thys manere, Y-cownterfetyd of thys clerkys y-fere.
- a1450 SLeg.Fran.(2) (Bod 779)317 : Þey [the friars] axed & sede In what stede hit were best here lyf to lede, In toun oþer in wildirnesse, I-fere oþer alon.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)1959 : Yiff your wyl of both yffeere Be parfyt..To gon to-gydre..On pylgrymage to that cyte..Ye most suerne her.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.140 : And for a man body and sawle dos joyntly gude or harme here, There fore in oyr werlde bere thay payne or joy both yfere.
d
- c1330 KTars (Auch)47/607 : Pray þine godes al y-fere Astow art hem leue & dere.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)21/223 : Þai kneled adoun al y-fere [vr. in fere].
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1269 : We buþ knyȝtes alle y-vere y-born in douce fraunce.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.380 : Cecilie cam..With preestes that hem cristned alle yfeere.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1104 : The lordes al yfere..did her dyligence.
- a1425(c1300) Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)135/859 : Cryst of heuene..Amonge þe apostles sone he lyȝt, And gret hem alle yfere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1206 : And thow, Priam, and bretheren al yfeere..farwel! for I go.
- a1425 Nicod.(1) (Add 32578)751 : And þai for skorne sayd alle yfere: 'Till hym platly we þe bekenne.'
- a1450 Pride Life (ChrC-Dub)1 : Pees, & horkynt hal ifer, [Ric] & por, yong & hold.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)115 : Thay..ladde the childe with honour, The sevene mayster alle y-fere, Ther the childe schulde lere.
2.
Of things, qualities, conditions, words, ideas, actions: (a) together, in combination; knitten ~, to unite (kingdoms); (b) al ~, all together, all in a body, taken as a whole; (c) in or into one mass or mixture; al ~; drauen ~, of the sea: to gather into a heap or mass; joinen ~, come together, meet; stonden ~, of a house: be arranged compactly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(Hrl 2277:Wright)p.136 : Ther is turment strong Of wynd, of water, and of fur, and thaye threo were ifere, A melston scholde al to-dryve.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2299 : Of þi manhood and of þi gentillesse, Bothe assembled in þi persone y-fere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.168 : For gret power and moral vertu here Is selde yseyn in o persone yfere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.818 : Joies comen nought yfeere.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)95 : All these thinges rekened well I-fere.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.1707 : Besechyng hym to write his woful cas, Compile his fallyng and the fate ifeere Off Athalia his owne douhter deere.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)32 : Þer were Syxe kyngdomus..Bot foure þis kyng knytte y-fere.
- c1450 Lover's Mass (Frf 16)84 : Now hope, now dred, now pensyffhede, now thought -- Al thyse yfere palen myn chere and hewe.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)2295 : Whan I herde al thys yfere, I wex abaysshed in my chere.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2892 : Of al y-fere sche sette nouȝt a myte.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3824 : Þei token al þat cam to her honde..And al y-fere to her schippis carye.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1771 : His worthi dedes, whoso list hem heere, Rede Dares, he kan telle hem alle ifeere.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Lover's NYG (Add 16165)44 : My lady haþe..more passing eloquence To reherse by and by hir vertus alle efeere.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)4192 : Yt doth nat ynowh suffyse A man..To gadre hys synnes all yffere.
c
- ?c1335 Þe grace of ihu (Hrl 913)117 : Al þe see sal draw ifere, As a walle to stond upriȝt.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.20 : Take brede and þe self broth and drawe it up yfere.
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.58 : Take Sooles and hylde hem..smyte hem on pecys..take oynons iboiled..do þerto powdour fort, safron & hony clarified with salt, seeþ it alle yfere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1037 : Ne jompre ek no discordant thyng yfeere, As thus, to usen termes of phisik In loves termes.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.813 : And, save hire browes joyneden yfere, Ther nas no lak.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.330 : Fourme hit [the house] so that faire hit stonde yfere [L breuiter collectas].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)2.430 : Lentiskis greynes fele and ripe a slepe Thou brynge a day and nyght to hete yfere.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)7 : Put þer-inne swete mylke, an seþe it y-fere, an stere it wyl.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)18 : Grynd yfere Gyngere & Galyngale & Comyn.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking (Hrl 2340:Halliwell)p.304 : Take the white of an egge and oyle of olyve and medil efere.
3.
Mutually, each other, one another; against, toward, or with each other; accorden ~, to be harmonious or compatible; fighten ~, fight against each other; meten ~, meet one another; etc.
Associated quotations
- ?a1300 Thrush & N.(Dgb 86)9 : Hic herde a strif bitweies two, Þat on of wele, þat oþer of wo, Bitwene two I-fere.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)351 : Þat he ne mai him nouȝt wiþ drawe, Þat we schule boþe fiȝten ifeere.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2523 : Þe kolieres bi-komsed to karpe, kenely i-fere.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)345 : Ne made he non oþer pas til þey wern met y-fere.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.394 : Greet was the prees and riche was tharray Of Surryens and Romayns met yfeere.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1531 : As freendes doon whan they been met yfeere.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.882 : Þei fauȝt I-fere.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2667 : Secrely þat we mete y-fere.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4262 : With-outen any interupcioun Þei fauȝte I-fere.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3361 : They entreten þus yfere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.152 : As frendes doon whan thei ben mette yfere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1354 : Men moost entrecomunen yfeere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1434 : The wordes that they spake yfeere Delited hem.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3806 : He hath sen the grete chere Of Bialacoil and me ifeere.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)25 : Say þy serues wyþowten hast, That mowthe & herte a-corden I-fere.
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)18557 : Though sche and I..Hadde I-ffere longe dalyaunce, Sche made..no maner off remembraunce.
4.
At the same time, simultaneously; at ones ~.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)9b/b : Þese nounes beþ Iseid of al þe þre persones at ones I-fere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.273 : I..May thynken that she is my nece deere, And I hire em, and traitour eke yfeere.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.27 : So that the losse of lyf and love yfeere Of Troilus be fully shewed heere.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)786 : They threwe yfere Her mouthis so that thorough her play It semed as they kiste alway.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.1071 : That day of Cymbrois was al the peeple slayn..With hym thei fauht; echon slayn ifeere.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)9/17 : Out of þe whech tombe manna and oyle walleþ out yfere.
5.
In phr. al ~, altogether, completely, entirely.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)p.262 : Hyt ys to mene..That he haue hys lymes hole all y-fere.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.319 : A nouel vine..After the formest yer to oon matere To fourme is goode & not..The secunde yer to kitte of al yfere that they or dede or pampinary were.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2641 : Hurre clothus were hole as þey ere were..& hurre lappe was hole aȝeyn ally-ferre.
- a1450 That ilke man (Dgb 102)192 : What soule is syk, lay þat herbe aboue, Hit makeþ hool al y-fere.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Ashm.1393 Artist.Recipes (Ashm 1393) 156/19 : Seþe hem boþe yfer forte hit be ysode awey.
Note: Postdates sense 2.(a).