Middle English Dictionary Entry
sǒuren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | sǒuren v. Also soure, soweren, zouren; p.ppl. sour(r)ed, sourde, soward, sowirde. |
| Etymology | From sǒur adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of milk, ale, wine: to become sour, spoil; also fig.; also, cause (sth.) to become sour [quot. 1440 vr.]; ppl. soured as adj.: sour, soured; (b) to leaven (flour, dough); ppl. soured, leavened; (c) to become bitter or unpleasant; (d) to blear (one's eyes); (e) ppl. soured as adj.: having an ill-tempered disposition.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1190 : Fulofte..the swete soureth, Whan it is knowe to the tast.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)318b/b : Mylk..tendeþ þe feueres hete; if he fyndeþ the kynde hete feble, þanne he soureþ soone and is soure in þe stomak.
- a1425 Rolle FLiving (Arun 507)413 : Oþer mani synnes are, as omission, þat is..latyn brede moule, ale soure, flesh & fish be lost.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)466 : Sowryn, or wax sowre [Win: Sowryn, or make sowre]: Aceo, acesco.
- c1450 Lychefelde Comp.G.(Lamb 853)343 : Þe moþþis þat þi cloþis ete, And þou letist poore men go bare; Þi drinkis þat sowren [vrr. soweren, souryth], & þi mowlid mete Wherwith þe febil myȝte weel fare.
- a1500(1442) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)80 : I truste..youre wynes shall nother soure nor stande base for defaulte of drynkers.
- a1500 Herkyn to my tale (Adv 19.3.1)p.81 : Ther was dyverse meytes..raw bakon, and new sowrde all.
b
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)205/21 : Þe leuayne zoureþ þet doȝ and hit draȝþ to smac.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.12.34 : Þe puple toke sprengid melu er it were sourid.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Lev.23.17 : Ȝe sholen offre anewe sacrifice to þe lord..two louys of þe ferste fruytys off þe two dymes of tryed flour souryd.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.16.3-4 : Þou shalt not ete..sourred breed; seuene days þou shalt ete wiþ oute sour dow breed of greet traueil, for in inward drede þou wentyst out of Egipt.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.447 : His is the levein of the bred Which soureth al the past aboute.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Mat.13.33 : The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to sour douȝ, which a womman took and hidde in thre mesuris of mele, til it were alle sowrid [WB(1): sowrdowid].
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)118/15 : A litel gobet of soure dowgh soureth al a batche.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)76/313a : Fermentum: sowyr dowe; fermentatus: sowyrde.
c
- c1330(?a1300) KAlex.(Auch)375/80 : Stedefast seld beþ lichours; Hote loue oft after soureþ [Ld: wil soure].
d
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)215 : Me thoghte I sowpped so sadly it [wine] sowrede bothe myn eghne.
e
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.5 : Yf þe coke be croked or soward mane, Take sope, cast in hys potage.