Middle English Dictionary Entry
lānhūre adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | lānhūre adv. Also lahure, lahwure & (error) lanyere. |
| Etymology | OE lā (and) hūru. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. hure adv.
1.
At least; also, indeed.
Associated quotations
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)45 : Louerd, nu ic bidde þe, ȝef þin wille is, þet þu heom ȝefe rest la hwure þen sunne dei, a þet cume domes-dei.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)18/260 : Þe iweddede þonkið him þet ha lanhure, hwen ha alles walden fallen dunewart, ne feollen nawt wið alle adun.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)22/334 : Godd haued & ilahet hit..leste hwa se leope & þer ne ed stode lanhure nawt nere þet kepte him.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)558 : Ich mahte inoh raðe wel habben aweld hire, ȝef ha nalde wið luue, wið luðer eie lanhure.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1073 : Lef, lanhure, þet tu isist, miracles þet beð maket ȝet þurh him.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1143 : Hefde he, lanhure, him seoluen aleset, sum walde hopien & habben bileaue to his alesunge.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)28/14 : Swic nuðe lanhure, swikele swarte deouel, þet tu ne derue me nawt mare.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)30/8 : Leowse þi fot þenne of mi necke & swa lanhure leoþe me..þet ich eðie mahe.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)23/17 : Ȝef me in heouene..bihalde lanhure meidenes menske.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)133/26 : Þis wes muche pouerte, ah mare com þrefter, for lanhure [Tit: hure] þeȝet he hefde fode as feol to him.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)152/22 : Ah lanhure [Cai: la hure] ȝef þe seolf hwen þe strongest stont a smeort discepline.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)194/17 : His schadewe lanhure ouergeað & wrið ham hwil he leapeð ouer ham.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)199/15 : Nu þenne biseche ich þe..þet tu luuie me lanhure efter þe ilke dede dead.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)4711 : Madame, be stille; Wyth in shorte tyme he comythe you tille, Lanyere, as he me hight.