Middle English Dictionary Entry
shōren v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | shōren v.(1) P.ppl. shōried, (K) issōred. |
| Etymology | From shōre n.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To support (sth.), prop.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)207/19 : Holy bene is wel miȝ[t]uol auoreye god, uor hi is y-ssored [Vices & V.(2): vndersett] mid uour þinges ase mid uour poss[t]es; Þe uerste is riȝte beleaue.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)218/36 : Þet bene þet is yssored mid þise uour poss[t]es, ase ich habbe beuore yzed.
- a1425 PPl.C (Cmb Ff 5.35)19.47 : Schoried [Hnt HM 137: Þe feende..shakeþ hit; ne were hit vnder-shored, certes hit sholde nat stande].