Middle English Dictionary Entry
nō-mōre adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | nō-mōre adj. Also nọ̄mōre, nomor, no maure, namore, (early) na mære, (early & N) na mare. |
| Etymology | From nō adv. & mōre adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) No greater or bigger in size, degree, etc.; no closer in kinship, no more closely related; ne haven ~ elde bouten, to be no older than (fifteen years); (b) no additional, no further, no other.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)25/14 : Meng þane eall togadere and seoð hit swa swyðe, þæt þæs wines and þæs eles ne sy na mære, þane ær wæs þæs eles.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)88/10 : Þeo sawlæ ðihð on meȝenum & ne bið na mare þonne heo æt frummen wæs, ac bið bætere.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)33 : Nalde hit þe þinchen na mare bute al swa þu ene unpriȝedest mid þine eȝen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25913 : Ælde næfde heo na mare buten fihtene ȝere.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)133/17 : He namare euel ne dieð, þanne ðe man ðe sitt idel and halt is on hand in oðer.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.188 : In helle..namoore reuerence shal be doon..to a kyng than to a knaue.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1339 : He is namore cosyn vn to me Than is this leef.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1526 : He mihte nomor wonder have Than he hath whan that he hire sih.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.603 : In hire is nomore oultrage Than in a child of thre yeer age.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.157 : Ȝe ne haue no more meryt in matynes ne in masse Þanne malkyn of hire maidenhed.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2248 : Busk no more debate þen I þe bede þenne.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)25/14 : Þis fewle es na mare þan ane egle of body.
- a1450(a1396) Hilton CPerf.(Paris angl.41)10 : Þere is no more dignyte ne worþines þat a man mai come to, þan for to haue tribulacioun for Cristis loue.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)22/2 : Þen is þis fleischly broþer no more sibbe [to] þee þen is anoþer.
- a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)32 : Also j charge the..that thou never..take ȝou no maure ordir vpon the then thou hast by fore this tyme, but conteneu thi life as a clarke.
b
- a1275 *Body & S.(4) (Trin-C B.14.39)144 : Ligge þe [read: we] sulen þerhut..in an wreche clut; Of alle his riche cloþis, ne hauet he na more scrud.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2530 : Of grim bidde ich na more spelle.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)119 : Nede nadde ȝhe namore of nigramauncy to lere.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2454 : It was no more nede to bere þat [barn] no forþer.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2797 : Whan they han namoore propre of hir owene, they shapen hem to take the goodes of another man.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2318 : Lat vs namoore [vr. no more] wordes her of make.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.279 : Ergo saluabitur, quod he, and seyde namore latyne.
- (1412) Plea & Mem.in Bk.Lond.E.119/24 : Thanke god that ye have no more harm.
- (1422) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.142/64 : Þei shold nomore harme haue.
- ?a1425 Castle Love(4) (CotApp 7)164 : Þat was Noe and his sones thre And þeir wyfes; no more meyne On lyfe wer no mo.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)967 : He tok with hym no more companye.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4921 : I wil yt my neve hous..pay yeerly ij d..of rente..to the owneer therof, and no more rente to no man.
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)750/1 : Sche wolde not take no mor hede of hym.