Middle English Dictionary Entry
ā̆sūren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ā̆sūren v. |
| Etymology | OF azurer |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To enamel or paint (sth.) azure; ppl. azure; (b) to imprint (the heart) with azure [the sapphire symbolizes memory].
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1350 Ballad Sc.Wars (Jul A.5)37 : His robe was alle golde-bigane..Botones asurd everlke ane.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)97/78 : As in purtreytures..derke colours commenden the golden and the asured paynture.
b
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)8569 : Lat yt [the saphyr] neuer out off thy mynde; Azure thyn herte ther-wyth-al.