Middle English Dictionary Entry
īvorī(e n. & adj.
Entry Info
Forms | īvorī(e n. & adj. Also iwori, jvori, īvōr(e & īverī(e, iweri, ivẹ̄̆r(e, jver, ivir, iwr, ivaiir & evorī(e, evōr(e, evǒur(e, evuri(e, everi, evere, everei, eviri & ivoire. |
Etymology | OF ivoire, ivurie, evoire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Ivory; (b) as adj.: ivory, made of ivory; ~ bon, ivory; (c) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- (1263) Rec.Norwich 1205 : Una anlacia mancie yuorie precii xij d.
- (1311) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.214 : Item Domino Willielmo de Nunny unam ymaginem Beatae Virginis de yvor.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1888 : Mirie notes he fand Opon his rote of yuere [rime: here, riuere, fere].
- (c1380) Stonor Suppl.2 : A combe of iveri.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Amos 3.15 : The housis of yuer shuln perishe.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.445 : A mirour of silver and a combe of yvorie [vrr. evory, yvory; Higd.(2) yvery].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Th.(Manly-Rickert)B.2066 : His swerdes shethe of yuory, His helm of latoun bright.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.383 : Riht as a lyves creature Sche semeth, for of yvor whyt He hath hire wroght.
- (1398) Will York in Sur.Soc.4243 : Lego eidem Margaretae unam parvam coffram de yvaiyr.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9360 : Fair es þe muth o þat leuedi, And ilk toth es als ywori.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)321/28, 322/1 : Leie a plate of yuer in þat side þat þe boon is aplied & þe vertu of þe yuer wole drawe þe boon as it schulde be.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7660 : Þe wyndewes of riche glas, Þe pynnes weren of yuory [LinI: euorye].
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)178 : Hyr vysayge whyt as playn yuore [rime: more].
- (1415) Will York in Sur.Soc.4382 : Lego..Comitissae Westmerland j cofyr de evor sculptum.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)107/1 : Þai er owþer of iasper or of cristall..or of euour.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)48a/b : Take of þe sede of Iunypre..of þe bone of an hertis herte, of þe schauynge of yuory.
- (1430) Will York in Sur.Soc.3013 : Lego..on tablet de evore.
- (1434) EEWills97/12 : To Aneys Copursmyth a combe of yverie.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)267a : Ivor or ivery [vrr. iwr or iwery, iuyr]: Ebur.
- (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.30156 : A cofur of evere bounden with selver and over gilt.
- a1450(a1400) Medit.Pass.(2) (Add 11307)839 : Hous of euere whit and clene.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)171 : A paire of gates he saw..Of every thei were made.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)946 : Hyr throte, as I have now memoyre, Semed a round tour of yvoyre.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6202 : A chariot..as þe chalke wyte, All of yuer full onest.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)433/15 : All þe duris of his pales was made of evurye.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)102/12 : Ȝif hym to drynken ywory small schawyn in wyn.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4915 : Item to Davn John Ixnyng my tablees of ivory.
- (1469) Will York in Sur.Soc.45171 : Lego dicto altari..j par candelabrarum..cum quadam paxbrede de evyry.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)42b : Evour [Monson: Evury]: Ebur.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.155 : The lufare unicorne That voidis venym with his evour horne.
b
- c1330 St.Greg.(Auch)95/467 : Þine markes of gold..Lo hem here..And þine tables of yuori bon [Cleo: yuorie boon; Vrn: yueer bon].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.44.9 : Myrre, and the swote gumme gutta..fro the yuer housis.
- c1390 St.Greg.(Vrn)48/390 : Tables riche heo tok to hire Þat weore i mad of Jueerbon.
- (1394) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.50 : Yvori combes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)186a/a : Some tyme þis prouynce sent oute golde and precious stones..and bryddes Piscates & pocokes & euory [L eburneos] teth and Apes.
- (a1413) Doc.Trade in BRS 751 : Item j li. de Iverycombez, pris vj s. viij d.
- (1446) Will York in Sur.Soc.45104 : De every camez iiij unc.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)42b : Evour: Ebur, Eburneus.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)623 : Eburnea: everey.
c
- (1181) *in Pilkington Surn. : Jordanus de Eueresho.
- c1444(c1290) Cart.Lewes in Sus.RS 38 (Vsp F.15)9 : Wm. Yuery.
- (1296) Sub.R.Lewes in Sus.AC 2304 : Relicta Walteri Yvory.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1060 : Alic. Ivory.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10114 : Isabell Relicta Juory.