Middle English Dictionary Entry
pǒudreie n.
Entry Info
Forms | pǒudreie n. Also poudraie & poudrẹ̄. |
Etymology | OF poudrée |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Dust; dirt.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)2176 : Þe sonne ne had ben yseye, For þe dust and þe poudreye [LinI: poudre].
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4606 : Alisaunder, in his disraye, Fynt Darrie lien in þe poudraye.