Middle English Dictionary Entry
quert(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | quert(e adj. Also quart(e, whert(e, qvert, qvart & (N) whart. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI kyrt (older *kvirt), neut. of kyrr, kuirr & Dan. kvært, neut. of kvær (ODan. kvær, kver, kvar) & Norw. dial. kvær, kverr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of a person, an animal: healthy, sound; alive; uninjured, safe; (b) of a thing: intact, undamaged; (c) spiritually sound or healthy; ~ from, safe from (sin); (d) at ease, untroubled.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390(a1325) Ipotis (Vrn)364 : Sunnes fyue Beoþ among monkuynde ful ryue: Wikked þouȝt in monnes herte, Whil þat he is hol and qwerte [vr. whert].
- a1425 This is goddis (Wht)111 : If þou þis day be hool and quarte, To-morowe I may put þee doun.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)524 : Whert, or qwert [Win: Wherte, or qwerte]: Incolumis, sanus, sospes.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)16.195 : Thanne vppe him Stirte Seraphe In hast, And Felt him Self As heyl & qwerte [F garis et sanes] And as hol A man In body & herte.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)38.128 : Thy sone here-Aftir Schalt thou se bothe heyl and qwert [F sain et haitiet] In alle degre.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1061 : Be þou riche or poore, or seke or quert, God thank alway.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)2.482 : Thanne shal youre body ben ful heil and qvert.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)315/310 : It schall drywe þe streythed all away And makyn him as qwart as pyk in fay.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)4215 : On one his eye was hale and whart.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)191/110 : The childe of god..þat þou be, whilys I am qwerte, I xall wyttnes to every whyght.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.261 : For his synnes..he shold faste..And to make amendis while he were querte.
- c1475 Brm.Abraham (Brm)462 : Feythefully serve hym qwyll ȝe be qvart, That ȝe may plece God bothe euyn and morne.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)1713 : Whanne he felte him-self hooll and quarte, Of the Abbot he toke his leeue.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)2402 : Forsothe hys lyf þere was lorn, That he nas neuer after quart.
- a1500 Lychefelde Comp.G.(Cai 174/95)p.511 : Whyle i was both hole & quarte, The to serve I toke no hede.
b
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)29/638 : Þe stapeles hit vp held al quert þat þe child nas nowt ihert.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26119 : Opins to your lauerd your hert, And riues it, to mak it quert.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)7702 : I rede boþe man and womman..To preie to God wiþ al her herte To kepe hem boþe sounde and querte From al manere yuel of synne.
d
- a1475 Asneth (Hnt EL 26.A.13)219 : For ioseph dred wanton wymmen, þe good man to peruerte; Þerfore he saide, 'haue her out that I may be querte.'