Middle English Dictionary Entry
lōr-theu n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lōr-theu n. Also lortheau, -thew & larþaw, -theaw, -theow, -thew, -þeu & (?pl.gen.) larðewen. |
| Etymology | From lōr(e n.(2) & theu; also cp. LOE lār-þēow (Hat.Gosp. 1.38). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A teacher, master; (b) a spiritual or theological teacher such as a priest, cleric, any of the apostles, Church Fathers, etc.; holi ~; ?also, an epithet for God; (c) ~ selde, the seat for the priest in the Jewish temple.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)120/27 : Þa dude Crist swa þe arfeste larþeow don sceal.
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 115)23 : Lareow: lorþeau.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)41 : Þe wise man and þat wel-þeaud child habbeð boðe on lage, for þan eiðer leteð his agen wille and folgeð his larðewes.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)81/*101 : Þe mon þe on his youhþe yeorne leorneþ..may beon on elde wenliche lorþeu.
b
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)16/18 : Þiss godspell..rihtlice to hire gebyreð, beo-þan-þe ure larðeawes us doð to understandene.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)104/14 : Cristes lare..waxende ȝeond þæsne middaneard, ærest þurh him syluen, & syðan þurh his apostolas & þurh þa haliȝe larþeowæs þe syðon wæren.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)106/2 : Ælc mon mæȝ him seolfen þæt ece lif earniæn mid ure Drihtne, ȝif he his lif rihtlice libbæn wule æfter larþeowæs tæcinge.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)97 : Paul..he [Holy Gost] iches to larðewe alle þeoden.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)117 : He [a bishop] godes budel is and to larþeawe iset þan leawede folke.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)81 : In þisse worlde nas na laȝe ne na larþeu.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)131 : Vre lauerd seinte paul, heȝes[t] larðewen efter ure helende seolfe, speceð on þe halie pistle.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)235 : Si forme lage..and si ȝeleste sume wile, and þer of were larþawes and ȝelaðieres Moises and aaron and samuel and fele oðre.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)7 : Þe lauerd sainte powel..is heued lorðeau of alle holie chirechen.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)39 : Þe selue herdes beð þe lorþewes of holi chiriche, þe leseweð here orf..on..þe gode word of holi boc.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)83 : Þis wiðerfulle folc ne wile liste ðe lorðewes wisdom, þe tehte salemon and alle wise witege here wisdom.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)105 : Seint iacob þe holie apostel..ure drihten sette to lorþeawe þe folc of ierusalem.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)163 : Ðe olde tilien waren þe holie lorðewes, prophetes, apostles, popes, archebissopes, bissopes, prestes þe holie lif ladden.
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)45/6 : Æfter þan utsangan reden mæn..trahtes, þe namcuþe fæderes & ryhtbelyuedum larþeawes ȝeworht habbod.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)100/21 : Ða nam þe deofel þene Hælend on þære halȝan buriȝ & sette hine ofer þæs temples yppan þær þære larþeawselt wæs.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)9 : Hure heiest lorðeu after ure louerd ihesu crist, þat is ure louerd sainte powel.
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