Middle English Dictionary Entry
mī̆tren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mī̆tren v. |
| Etymology | From mī̆tre n. Also cp. ML mī̆trātus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To invest (sb.) with the miter; ppl. mitred, wearing a miter, invested with the miter.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?c1308) Davy Dreams (LdMisc 622)79 : Þe pope ȝede bifore, mytred wel faire.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)5.193 : Loue wol lene [þe] suluer..More þan al þy marchauns oþer þy mytrede bisshopes.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)4186 : And as a bisshop mytred [vr. myterd] in his stalle, Don for hem in many vncouth wyse.
- a1425 PPl.C (Cmb Ff 5.35)6.70 : Ha be mytred made [Hnt: bondemenne barnes han be mad Bisshopes].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)341 : Mytryd: Mitratus. Mytryn: Mitro.
- c1450 Brut-1431(1) (Eg 650)451/16 : All Bysshoppys and Abbotes, Copitt and mytred ryally.
- c1400 Interpol.Rolle Cant.(1) (Bod 288)25 : Bischopis mytrid wiþ two hornys..schulden..putte þe folk fro vicis to virtues.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)234 : Every abbot mitred and polled schuld pay for every monkis hed xl d.
- ?c1475(1429) Coron.Hen.VI (Lnsd 285)p.146 : On a Sounday..Oure bisshoppes and oure abbottes were mytird [vr. mitrid] arowe.