Middle English Dictionary Entry
rẹ̄re adj.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rẹ̄re adj.(2) Also (early) hrere. |
| Etymology | LOE hrēr, hrēre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of eggs, egg yolks: soft-cooked, soft; ?also as adv. [quots.: c1150]; (b) fig. of sins: unconfessed.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)23/5 : Sule hym supan ȝebræddan hrere æȝeran and huniȝ to.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)47/21 : Nim swefles ehta peneȝa ȝewyhta and cnuca hine smale; nim þann an hrere bræd æȝ and do hyt on innan and sile hym etan.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)323b/b : Rere ȝolkes somdel yfastned beþ lasse dryinge and bettre to defye.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)58/4 : Þou schalt helpe..wiþ plenteuousnes of good mete..as..rere eyren [L ouorum sorbilium].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)41a/b : After þis comeþ þai to ȝolkez of eiren rere [Ch.(2): softe] & to brotthez of chikenez & lich þingez.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)152a/b : Ȝif þe pacient..liȝte metes as rere eyren.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)430 : Rere, or nesche, as eggys: Mollis.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)205/18 : Let hym vse þe seyd powdyr with rere eggis.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)27/17 : Thei had atte her dyner rere eggis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)84a/b : Lete him vsen..broþid chikenes and rere eggis.
b
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1461 : Anoþyr day þey [sins] schul be rawe and rere And synke þi sowle to Satanas In gastful glowynge glede.