Middle English Dictionary Entry
nẹ̄r(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nẹ̄r(e n. Also neire. |
| Etymology | MLG nēre |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The kidney of a human being or animal; [gloss mis-placed in 1st quot.]; (b) pl. the region of the kidneys; (c) pl. the kidneys as the seat of the emotions.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)p.149 : Dedens le cors en checun homme Est trove quer, foye..boueles [glossed:] neres [vrr. tharme, roppes, boweles, merys], et reinoun [glossed:] kidenei.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)636/36 : Ren: nere.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)353 : Neere of a beest: Ren.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)8 : Bowres: Take Pypis, Hertys, Nerys, Myltys, an Rybbys of the Swyne.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.52 : For hagese. Þe hert of schepe, þe nere þou take.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)42a/b : Þou schalt vndirstonden þat þer ben two Nerus, þat is, oon on þe riȝtside & anoþir on þe liftside, and þe riȝt neer is sumdel hiȝere þan þe lift.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)42b/b : Þe grese..schulde resseyue and atempere þe hete of þe kydeneyris or neris.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)85a : A Neyre [Monson: Nere], reinis: renunculus, renarius.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)678/10 : Ren: nere.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)751/15 : Ren: the nerys.
b
- a1400 Preste ne monke (Cleo B.2)18 : Fatter men about þe neres Ȝit sawe I neuer þen are þese frers.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)38b/b : Lumbus: a nere.
c
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)7.10 : Right sal tou rightwise to þe, Ransakand þair hertes clene And þair neres, gode, bidene.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)15.7 : I sall blis the lord that gaf til me vndirstandynge: & ouer that til the nyght snybid me my neris.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.26r (2.4) : 'Reyns' in Franche, lendes in Englisshe or þe nere is somtyme taken for þe menbres þat we calle þe neres, & somtyme for þat place of þe bodi þere neres lyen in, s. þat place betwene þe bak & þe tayl end.
Note: Additional quot., sense (a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. neer.