Middle English Dictionary Entry
miren v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | miren v.(1) Also mir(e, mirre. |
| Etymology | OF mirer; also ME mirǒur n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To look; refl. look at oneself (in a mirror); ppl. mired, reflected.
Associated quotations
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Origo Mundi in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)746 : Ha myr a pup tenewen.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)56 : The hye pomel is ihesu crist, that is..a mirour..In whiche al the world may mire [F mirer] him wel and considere him. For al the world ther inne mired [F ens mire] is nouht as greet as aas in a dee. In thilke pomel thou shuldest mire thee and ofte looke ther inne.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)123 : I wole..likne orguill to the vnicorn; For if she mirrede hire not [F ne se miroit] ofte ther inne, eche wight shulde wundre in hire manere..But whan she hath wel mirred hire and biholde hire visage, she bicometh more debonayre..I am a good mirrour [F mireur]; mirre [F mirez] thee in me.