Middle English Dictionary Entry
mō̆rwe-tīde n.
Entry Info
Forms | mō̆rwe-tīde n. Also (error) mordydy. |
Etymology | From mō̆rwe n. & tīde n.; cp. OE morgen-tīd. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The dawn, daybreak; early morning; forenoon; houre of ~, the canonical hour of matins; (b) at ~, in the ~, upon a ~, in the morning, at dawn; ayen the ~, toward daybreak; in that ~, in the forenoon, during that morning; fro ~, from morning (until night); on the ~, on the next morning; (c) ech ~, every morning; that ~, on a given morning; during a period between midnight and sunrise; the ~, in the morning; at dawn; (d) ~ fasting, abstinence from food in the morning; ~ light, tomorrow's daylight; the morning light, the next day; ~ sterres, morning stars; ~ wacche, the morning watch, the period between midnight and dawn.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.19.27 : Þe morewtid [L mane] don, þe man ros & openede þe dore.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Esd.4.21 : Fro þe steʒyng vp of þe morewe tyde [L ab ascensu auroræ] to þe tyme þat þe sterres gon out.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)SSol.6.9 : What is she, þis þat goþ forþ as morewetid [Dc 369(1): morutid; WB(2): moreutid; L aurora] risyng?
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.708 : Soothly the morwe tyde is moost couenable a man to seye hise preyeres.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.1.5 : The euentid and morwetid [WB(1): moru; L mane] was maad, o daie.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)130 : Ful cler was than the morowtyde [F matinee].
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)101/11 : God and mon He was y-takun in þe oure of morotyde.
- a1500 Hal.Gloss.(Eg 829)7 : Diluculum: the morow-tyde.
- a1500 3 KCol.(1) (Tit A.25)2/22 : A shynyng morowe-tyde bitokeneth a cleer wheder folowing.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)49 : In þe morewe-tide heo weren i-souʒt, bot þer nas non i-founde.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2895 : Erly on þe morwetyde..þe Amyral wolde no leng abyde.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 38.12 : Wheþer after þi rising þou comaundedist to þe morewetid [WB(2): bigynnyng of dai; L diluculo] & hast shewid to þe dai-spring [WB(2): morewtid; L auroræ] his place?
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4206 : Arys vp erly in the morwe tyde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.1221 : Upon a morwetyde..he was set ther..To loke upon the Sonne ariste.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.588 : In the morwe tyde Out of youre hostelrie I saugh yow ryde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)100b/b : Addres & serpentis stingeþ sonnere in þe vndirmele tyme þanne in þe morwetide [L in mane].
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)6333 : Þere he slepte at morwe tide [Vsp: morntide], he fonde þo ʒerdes him bisyde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3105 : And floures eke ageyn þe morwe-tyde Vp-on her stalke gan splaie her levis wyde.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.19.2 : In the morewtid [WB(1): erly; L mane] ʒe schulen go in to ʒoure weie.
- a1450 Maidstone PPs.(Dgb 18)817 : Fro morowtide [vr. þe morn ward; L custodia matutina] vnto þe nyʒth Late Israel in god trusten.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1937 : In þe mortyde when þat nyʒt was gone, þe colleron..Weron y-fonde as deyde as ony stone.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3129 : Þis was in þe mordydy after þat þe sonne shone bryʒt.
- a1450 St.Etheldr.(Fst B.3)687 : Ʒerne he souʒt abouʒt þere in þat mortyde.
- a1475 Leve lystynes (Brog 2.1)p.30 : I mett hym in þe morowe tyde.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)118/32 : Exurgam diluculo..I schal rise, fader, in the morowtyde.
c
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)558 : Ehc moretid þer moste cume Tuo maidenes..Into þe heʒeste tur.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2225 : So bifel that brighte morwe tyde That in that garden..Pluto..a doun hym sette.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ex.16.7 : The morwetide [L mane] ʒe shulen se the glorye of the Lord.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Jer.32.33 : Thei turneden to me backes, and not faces, whan Y shulde teche them the morutid [WB(2): erli; L diluculo].
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)198b/b : Euereche daye stere it twyes, ones þe morewtid and ones þe euentid.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)27/10 : There was slayne that morow tyde ten thousand good mennes bodyes.
- a1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)78 : Sore trowbled in my mynde, Allon þus rode & [read: I] all þe morow tyde.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 38.7 : Whan me shulden preisen togidere þe morewe-tid [Dc 369(1): morutid; L matutina] sterres.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.6.31 : Who is þe aduersarie of hym: deyʒe he byfore þe morwetyde liʒt [WB(2): liʒt of the morew dai; L lux crastina] come.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 11.11 : He wente in to þe myddel tentys in þe morewetid wach [L vigilia matutina] & he smot Amon.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 25.34 : Þer schulde not han left to Naabal vn to þe morewetid liʒt [L lucem matutinam] a pissere to þe wal.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)225/18 : Take fenell-sede..make poudyr of all þes and vse it in þe morowtyde fastyng.
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Associated quotations
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)209/30 : In þe next morewtide daie or euentyde, þou maist chaunge þi course of meditacioun.
- a1500 Bevis (Chet 8009)61/1046 : He rode as faste as he myght ride, Tyll the thrid morowe tyde.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450(1438)GLeg.Assump.Virgin (GiL112) (Eg 876) 564/48 : The palme shined wonderly bryght and the tree therof was al grene, but the leues therof shyned as morted sterres.
Note: Editor: "morted: a reduced form for morwtide, not recorded in MED." Cf. sense 1.(d) ~ sterres.
Note: New spelling.