Middle English Dictionary Entry
injūrī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | injūrī(e n. Also enjurie, enjorie. Pl. injūrīes, injūrious. |
| Etymology | AF injurie; cp. CF injure. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Harm, damage, loss; a specific injury; don ~; (b) injustice; a specific injustice; werken ~; (c) dishonor, derogation; also, an insult; withouten more ~, without further objurgation; (d) calumny.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Col.3.25 : He that doth iniurie, or wrong, schal resseyue that that he dide yuele.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2922 : Hem oughten haue greet repentaunce of the iniurie and wrong that they hadden doon to Melibe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1343 : Remembryng..Of þe harmys..And þe wrongis..What Iniuries and distruccioun..Ȝe schewed haue of verray cruelte.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)111a/a : About examynyng & demyng of leprez it is mych to take hede, for þat it is most iniurie [*Ch.(2): iniurie i. wrong; L iniuriæ] for to sequestre men not to be sequestrate And for to suffre leprose men wyþ pepul.
- (1443) Doc.Trade in BRS 776 : Henr' with worthy men of Bristowe labord..to have hade recorde undir his seal of þe iniurie done to þe seid John Veilho..by þe seid Hankyn.
- c1450(?c1400) Wycl.Elucid.(StJ-C G.25)17 : It is greete riȝt þat he þat takeþ wrongfully anoþir mannes þing fro him, þat he make restitucioun of þat þing & also make satisfaccioun for þe iniurie.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)113/26 : Som tyme þer was a wurthi knyght whilk þat did many eniuries vnto Lowis..Erle of Losens.
- (c1462) Stonor Suppl.6 : Thomas Hampton..commyttyd unto the ffleete for certeyn injurious surmyssed to be don unto Elizabeth Wynarde.
- (1463) GRed Bk.Bristolpt.2.p.67 : With many othir Imposycyons, Iniuriis, and wrongis.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)237/9 : He hadde siche pacience in iniuries that..he suffred grete greuynges and harmes of hem that were vnder hym.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)5/17 : Many of them opynly turned to his Ennemys ayeynes hym for to wroke tham of the Iniury that he to them hadd done.
b
- (a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)61/21 : Þe procuring of þese priuyleges infecteþ freres wiþ þe synne of iniurie and wrong, touchyng curatours..þese riȝtes þat freres haueþ y-procured were þe riȝtes of curatours.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3675 : Thow art gynnyng, ground, and Roote Of this Iniurie and this gret vnright.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)663 : Audytours and offycers ordayne thy seluen, Bathe jureez and juggez and justicez of landes; Luke thow justyfye them wele that injurye wyrkes.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)3439 : & yee deme vntrewly, or do vs eny wrong, Yee shull be refourmyd..Of euery poynt and Iniury.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)245/34 : When he hadde heleþe, he wiþ-helde the possession aȝeyn and dide the same iniurie noȝt withstondynge the myracle.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2789 : Sodeynly, with-out more Iniurye, Þei [the three goddesses] disapered, and þe god Mercurie Streȝt to heuene þe riȝt weye toke.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5546 : A wickid spirit..In þis ydole entrid..And þei ageyn, what he wil commaunde Obeye fully..Whiche vn-to God dide gret Iniurie.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)85/4 : When Alexander hadd redd þis lettre, he was wonder wrathe, be-cause of iniury of his goddez.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)39 : He ouercome hym þat wyth iniurie of god had brought man into synne.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)224/9 : He fell down on his kneis befor hur & said..'giff me þi blissyng.'..þe susters..had grete wonder & said vnto hym: 'Fathir, suffer not þis eniorie, for sho is bod a fulle.'
- (a1460) DSPhilos.(Helm)111/4 : Thei brought before Socrates certeyn folkes whiche putte vpon him many grete iniuryes [Scrope: saide many wrongis].
- (1464) Let.Ormond in Fortescue Works26 : The wronge whiche nowe is done to the kynge..by his oune subgettes..is an injurie and dishonoure to alle kynges.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.149 : With swerdes and staves..was thow taken..With many iniurie and reprove presentid til Anna handes.
d
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)8128 : Iniurye may not be seyd propyrly But wyth wurdys of deceyt yt uttryd be; Wherfore fals to han seyd fyrst proue me.
- (a1460) DSPhilos.(Helm)135/31 : That man that is full of iniury [Scrope: lymouse man] excuseth him alweies by custume, and the rightewosman by reasoun.