Middle English Dictionary Entry
nurth n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nurth n. Also nurhth. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. MDu. norren grumble, growl, etc., MLG nurren & -th suf.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Noise, din, racket.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)28/453 : His lokunge on ageasteð þe; his ladliche nurð & his untohe bere makeð þe to agrisen.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)140 : Ha iherde a swuch nurð towart te awariede maumetes temple, lowinge of þet ahte, ludinge of þe men, gleowinge of euch gleo, to herien & hersumin hare heaðene godes.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)50/2 : Leoteð nu & leaueð..ower ladliche nurð & gleadieð alle wið me þe me god unnen.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)4/24 : We mahen iþþlen hare nurhð [Roy: nurð; Tit: murð] & hare untohe bere.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)36/25 : Þe wrecche poure peoddere, mare nurð [Nero: noise] he makeð to ȝeien his sape þen þe riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)49/24 : Ha putte euch worldlich þrung & euch nurð [Nero: murhðe] eorðlich ut of hire heorte, for heo is godes chambre.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)49/25 : Nurð [Nero: noise] ne kimeð in heorte bute of sum þing þet me haueð oðer isehen oðer iherd.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)70/17 : Alswafleschlich ancre þe liueð i flesches lustes..tah ha makie semblant & muche nurð [Nero: noise; Tit: dune] wið wengen, oþres nawt hiren.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)84/3 : Na nurð ne þrung of folc ne mahte letten him of his beoden ne desturbin his goddhe.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)211/27 : Ne ne tulle ȝe to þe ȝete nane uncuðe hearloz; þah þer nere nan oðer uuel bute hare meadlese nurð [Tit: nowse; Nero: muð; Cleo: medlaseschipe], hit walde letten oðerhwile heouenliche þohtes.