Middle English Dictionary Entry
atǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | atǒur n. Also attour, aturn. |
| Etymology | OF aturn, ato(u)r; cp. F atour finery. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Appearance, character, manners; (b) array; (c) finery.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)20/315 : Ant forþi is hare aturn se briht & se schene biuoren alle oþre.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)115b : Hare weden beon of swuch schape, ant al hare aturn swuch þet hit beo edscene hwerto ha beoð iturnde.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)74/1 : For to..see the atoure or aray of the wymmen of another lande.
b
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6824 : Ne sauȝe he neuere so fair a toure, Ne ne smelled so swete odoure.
c
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3718 : I nell make mencioun Nor of robe, nor of tresour..neithir of hir riche attour.