Middle English Dictionary Entry
mīner(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mīner(e n. Also minure. |
| Etymology | OF miniere |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A mine; a vein or lode of ore; (b) alch. a mineral impregnation; (c) fig. a source.
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4257 : Of riche myneris thei serche the entrailles To fynde out metallis for worldli auauntages.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4560 : In that kyngdam is many gret mynere Of gold and siluer.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)8.2681 : Wellis ther be founde, Dyuers myneres, of metallis ful habounde.
- (1459) RParl.5.362a : Perquisitis of the Court of the Mynere and Stannarie.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)19/23 : Hit haþe yn þe marchis of hit salte wellis, myneers [L mineras], and metals.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)289 : Mynure: Minera.
b
- a1550 *Ripley CAlch.(BodeMus 63)57b : Make them then to gether for to be so desponsate By congellacione into A miner mettallyne.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)157b/b : Also it is to eschewe þat it [cupping] be nouȝt to mych contynued biside the mynerez [Ch.(2): mynes; L mineras] of vertuez.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1484 De Retard.Senect.(Trin-C R.14.52)161/312 : I shal make mencioun of [vij] thynges..The v is like to medicynes whiche goeth out of mynieres of noble bestis.
- a1484 De Retard.Senect.(Trin-C R.14.52)161/313 : I shal make mencioun of [vij] thynges..The vij medicyne or thyng of whiche myniere is planted in the day.
Note: Ed.: "mynere n. 'source, root, origin'." Also: "mineres pl...myners pl. 'innermost parts, the heart, essence'."
Note: New form (quot. 1)
Note: ?New sense (quot. 1)
Note: Additional quot., sense (c) (quot. 2)
Note: Word also found at ll. 1127, 1139, 2080, 1177, 1227, and 2104.