Middle English Dictionary Entry
mōr(e-ōver adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | mōr(e-ōver adv. Also moarover, mor(e)our, (N) mareover, (error) moreever. |
| Etymology | From mō(re adv. and ō̆ver adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Moreover; furthermore; in addition; (b) more; in excess; farther; longer; no ~, no longer; (c) afterward.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 21.28 : This is the man that aȝens peple and lawe and this place techinge euery where alle men, more ouer [L insuper et] and hath ledd yn hethen men into the temple, and hath defoulid this hooly place.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2293 : And moore ouer [vrr. moore ouyr; furþermore], whan that oure lord hadde creat Adam..he seyde in this wise, [etc.].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2571 : And yet more ouer, of thilke word that Tullius clepeth..Thow shalt considere if thy myght and thy power may consente and suffise to thy wilfulnesse.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)6.53 : And also, more-ouer, me þynkeþ..Men sholde constreyne no clerke to knauene werkes.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)142/9 : Eueriche of us þat not onliche supporteþ pacientliche þe siknes of breþeren and sustren..but moreouer..ȝif he mai, helpiþ wiþ seruice.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2887 : And ȝit more-ouere, forsoke hir heritage -- Sche þat was born of so hiȝe parage.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3026 : And more-our, ageyn al skil & riȝt..He takeþ on hym to seyn what schal be-falle.
- (1421) Indent.Catterick in Archaeol.J.759 : Mor our, ye saides Thomas Joh'n And Rob't sall' mak ye pilers of ye forsaid brigge.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Num.20.5 : Whi han ȝe maad vs to stie vp fro Egipt and ȝe hanladde into this worst place..the whiche ne fige getith, ne vynes, ne powmgarnettis, more ouer [vr. ouer mor; WB(2): ferthermore; L insuper et] and water it hath not to drynke?
- a1425(a1396) Maidstone PPs. (Wht)401 : More-ouere [L Amplius] wassche me of my synne.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4493 : And yit moreover, wurst of alle, Ther is set to kepe, foule hir bifalle! A rympled vekke.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.4.169 : And yit more over, what man that this towmblynge welefulnesse ledeth, eyther he woot that it is chaungeable, or elles he woot it nat.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)36b/b : More ouer [*Ch.(1): and ouer þat], summe of þe simpel members ben hote and moiste, summe colde and moiste & summe colde and drye.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)180a/a : And more ouer, what tyme þat þei ben disesed and lasse accidentlye to accidentel colde be cause þat þei be hurte and enbeued wiþ colde humours..ben heled wiþ þingis þat ben contrarie to hem.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)19/35 : Also þis soule, ȝitt mooreouer, willynge to knowe þe holy sooþfastnes of knowynge & to folowe it by excercise.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)41/18 : He schulde not oonly haue no meryt for vertu, but mooreouere, and raþir, he schulde do synne and offende me.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)78/9 : A Lord, was it nott sufficient to þee to be incarnate, but ȝit mooreouer þou woldist suffre þe deeþ?
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)82 : And also here after schal be schewed more and more into his harde deth, and more ouer, aftir his resurreccioun, ond at his vpstiȝenge to heuen, and ȝit herto more ouer, at the laste day of dome.
- (1442) Doc.Ireland in RS 69274 : Moreover, please it you to wete that at dyvers Parlementes..he hathe ordeyned and maad Irisshe men..knyghtes of the shire.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)2143 : And more-ouyr, he seyde that hire curage, As he wele kneu, was goddys to serue.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)4.1210 : And ȝet moreouere, thei shul haue noo powere.
- c1450 Lychefelde Comp.G.(Lamb 853)392 : More-ouer, þou hast holi writt Þat cleerli schewiþ þee goostli liȝt.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)87/34 : And mor ouer, ther be so myche goode and worshipp in you that ye be worthie to haue a grettre.
- c1460 Ipom.(3) (Lngl 257)350/30 : If the king Daires woll doo as he sais, & more ouer, become the kinges homagere of Fraunce, he wold doo his message with goode will.
- a1475 I beleue on god (Rwl B.408)120 : I bileue, more-ouer, in fulle remyssyon Of al oure synnes.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)117a/a : Moreouer, he schal ete no fisch ne eggis.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)5 : If þe pope ben tan rekles of his and his breþers ȝele, vnprofitable and slow in his dedis, more ouer, and stille fro good, þat more noyeþ to him and alle oþer, þan he lediþ..to helle peple wiþ outun nowmbre.
- c1475 A philosophre (Hrl 372)p.37 : He..askid hir if she myht feithfullie Luf him of herte, and morover, fynallye Become his wife.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)77b : Mare ouer: preterea, insuper, quineciam.
- a1500(?c1414) ?Brampton PPs.(1) (Sln 1853)p.19 : More ovyr [PPs.(2): Moar ouer], my peynes to encrese, Myn enmyes..will noȝt cese.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)219/7 : More-ouer, we seen that knyghtis knowyth the goodnys of horsyn..by hare Shappes.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1453 : Morouyre, ye most, for youre socowre, Know theffectis of þe qualitees fowre.
- a1500 *Nicod.(4) (Hrl 149:Hulme)256a : And more ouyr, sche sent hym worde that sche had suffred þat nyght for that ryghtful man gret torment yn her sleepe.
- -?-(1435) Doc.in Power Craft Surg.317 : And moreouer, that no persoone of the seid felowschip or craft reuile ne lieue ne schewe occasioun of malice ne stiringe to malice ony to othir.
b
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3119 : Quað pharaon to moysen, 'Nu ic rede ðat ge flen; For se ic gu more-ouer nu, Dead sal me wreken ouer gu.'
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.5.22 : Þese wordys þe lord spak..no þyng addynge more ouer [WB(2): more; L amplius].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Eccl.1.3 : What haþ a man more ouer [WB(2): more; L amplius] of al his trauaile þat he trauaileþ vnder þe sunne?
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 7.13 : Hyder-to þe lord haþ holpyn to vs, & philistynes ben mekyd, & no more ouer [L ultra] þei leidyn to þat þei camyn in to þe termys of israel.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings 12.23 : Now forsoþe for he is dead, whi faste I? Wheþer schal I mown more ouer [WB(2): more; L amplius] clepen hym aȝeen?
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.3.49 : Moises toke þe money of hem þat weren more ouer [WB(2): aboue; L amplius].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Par.17.18 : What more ouer [WB(2): more; L ultra] mai dauiþ adden whan þus þou hast glorified þi seruaunt?
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2801 : For from his feet vp to his brest was come The coold of deeth..And yet mooreouer [vrr. more euer; ouer more], for in his armes two The vital strengthe is lost and al ago.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.11.25 : & whenne þe spirit hadde restyd in hem þei profeciedyn, ne more ouer [WB(2): aftirward; L ultra] cesedyn.