Middle English Dictionary Entry
lūren v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | lūren v.(1) Also luire, lieuren & (error) leiren. |
| Etymology | OF loirrier, luerier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Hawk. To recall (a hawk) with a lure; also fig.; also in prov.; (b) to attract (sb.), entice, allure.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.415 : With empty hond men may none haukes lure.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.439 : I haue..haukes maneres; I nam nouȝte lured [vrr. lieured; leired] with loue but þere ligge auȝte vnder þe thombe.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Consulo (Hrl 2255)15 : With empty hand men may noon haukys lure.
- (1472) Paston (Gairdner)5.162 : Men may nott lure none hawkes with empty handys.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.546 : In olde prouerbe it is saide..With empty hande men may no hawkes lure.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.2143 : We be as redy as an hauke that is lured To euerythyng that they wolle to vs bede.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)594/8 : Lurcisco: to luyre.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.516 : He nouȝt aduerteth..how to galle with hony he was lured.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1020 : O Fortune, fals and vnassured, Þat [to] no man was neuer fully lured.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3953 : The worthy kyng..Whos hert she hath to her servise luryd.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3883 : The loigne it is so long, Of Bialacoil, hertis to lure.
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)462 : This was myn entente, To my seruyce many a man to a lured.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)446 : Anoon hyr bewte so sore dede lure Hys herte, that euene stylle he stent.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)3069 : Only þe richesse þer-to hem lurith.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)5377 : His eyen..Clere and gray..And plesaunt eke of beholdyng To lure folkys..And to constreyn hem to his lawe.