Middle English Dictionary Entry
manē̆ren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | manē̆ren v. |
| Etymology | From manē̆r(e . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?To have certain manners or a certain condition.
Associated quotations
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)42b/a : Morigeror: to manere.
2.
Ppl. manered, as adj.: (a) having manners of a certain kind; ~ after, having manners derived from (sb.); best ~, having the best manners; as noun: a person with the best manners; [cp. wel-manered]; (b) med. ivele ~, malign; (c) held within bounds, moderate.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)2.27 : That is Mede þe Mayde..fals was hire fader..And Mede is manered after hym, riȝte as kynde axeth.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.408 : Englissh clerkes a coluer feden, þat coueityse hatte, And ben manered after Makometh, þat no man vseth treuth.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)67/29 : My swete love goos a way..the beste that levys and the best manerd.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)110/7 : Folwe oft-sithes þe conseill of þe most best manered men of þi court.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)51a/b : Bot þat percusionz þat ar in þe articlez beþ al yuel morigerate [Ch.(2): euel-þewed; L male morigerate], i. manered, knoweþ al men almost.
c
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)94/30 : Lufe..of kynsmen, if it be vn-manerd, fleschly affeccione it is cald..And if it be manerd [L moderatus], kyndely it is calde.