Middle English Dictionary Entry
nā̆re n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nā̆re n. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A nostril; (b) ~ thirles, nostrils.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)237b/b : Oyle may be so hoote þat he schal brede þe feueres if þe puls, veynes, and nares..ben y-bawmed þerwiþ.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk A (Hrl 2340)28a : For grenynes of þe naris & swellyng þat is stoppyng in þe hede.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk A (Hrl 2340)28a : Yfe sche wyll not watyr at þe naris, Take A fatte hele and rost hyr, And than take þe grese of þe hele & put it in A pen & blow it in hir heris.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)7 : With a penne put it in þe haukes naris onys or twys.
b
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)15 : Coold doithe haukes grete disese..but if it haue hastely help, it wol stop his nare þrolles.