Middle English Dictionary Entry
manǧē̆re n.
Entry Info
| Forms | manǧē̆re n. |
| Etymology | OF mangier |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A meal, feast; also fig.
Associated quotations
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) Corp.Chr.(Vrn)566 : And þenne boþe bodi and soule i-fere Schal wende to þe graunt Mangere, Where neuer-more tit no nede To non eorþliche Brede.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)24 : Gestoures often dos of hem gestes At Mangeres and at grete ffestes.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)106/201 : I fare full yll At youre mangere.