mur - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

mur n.

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Entry Info

Forms	mur n.
Etymology	OF

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

A wall; ~ ward, a wall-guard.

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Associated quotations

(1274) Close R.Edw.I74 : John le Murward.
c1475 MEccles.(Trin-C R.3.21)p.698 : Sacrylege & simony..doþ þe toures meue; And where þe mures be meuyng, þe werk must myscheue.

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a1484 De Coitu (Trin-C R.14.52)306/120 : If he be hote and drye, ther shal be litel seede of drynes, and grete dilectacioun whan he sendith out, chieldren..and grete appetite, and often into the wombe of chieldhod bien multiplied heris vnto the navil and vnto the myd mure or half wal, and lasse desiren to dryve.

Note: Cf. ed. glossary: "myd adj. ~ mure '?the midriff'." Also: "myd mure or half wal: LC medium coxarum 'the middle of the hips'."

Note: ?New sense, 'mid ~' = '?midriff'.