Middle English Dictionary Entry
onerǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | onerǒus adj. Also honerous, onerose. |
| Etymology | OF oneros, honereus & L onerōsus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Burdensome, troublesome.
Associated quotations
- (1395) Wycl.12 Concl.(Th 17)295 : Meyntenaunce of þe proude prelacye..is multiplied to a gret charge and onerous [vr. onerous to] puple her in Yngelonde.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5633 : He nyl be importune Vnto no witte, ne honerous, Nor of her goodes coueitous.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.18/6 : Restynge alwey vppon two lytyll stolys, the quantite of his body, to hym onerous, he drew aftir hym.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)116.69 (v.2:p.236) : I shal moun dwellyn in myn fadrys hous vnknowyn, and byn onerous ner chargaunt to noon othyr.
- (c1461) Let.Oxf.in OHS 36369 : Yowre nobill and notabill geffts..to the..releff of the grete, onerous, and importabyll costes a bowte the edifieng of owre newe scoles of divinite..beth for ever for to be considered.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)34/15 : My desire yn thus mater is þis, þat..þe redere..sey for me..þe ii versis nexte folowynge, The wch I hope may be to me solacius & profitable and to the seyere neyþer onerous ner chargeable.
- a1475 Imit.Chr.(Cmb Gg.1.16)88/1 : If þis lyve be onerouse [L onerosa] and hevy, yette bi thi grace hit is fulle meritory.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)100/11 : Mete, drinke, cloþe, & oþer þinges longing to þe body are onerose to a fervent spirit.