Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒurnen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒurnen v.(2) |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI orna, 'to warm, get warm' & Dan. oret (ppl. as adj.) 'dull, sullen'. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To become torpid or sluggish; ournand in elde, dull or heavy with age.
Associated quotations
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2203 : And I, ournand in elde with arghnes in hert, My floures bene fallen.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2540 : If Elinus be argh & ournes for ferde, Let hym tegh to þe tempull, talke with his goddes.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)13399 : He was of winturs..waxen full mony, Ournond in Elde.
2.
(a) To enrage (sb.); (b) to become enraged.
Associated quotations
a
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4857 : Syn we arose in þis Rewme in a rad haste, We haue ournyt hym with angur, ertid hym mykill.
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)6404 : Ector for þat od dynt ournyt in hert, Wode for the wap as a wild lyon.