Middle English Dictionary Entry
tarī̆en v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | tarī̆en v.(2) Also tari(e, tarri, tarre & (errors) tayr, taris, tarys; p.pl. taried(e, tariden, tarreden; ppl. i)taried, tarid(e, tarred. |
| Etymology | OF tariier, tarier; some forms perh. influenced by ME terren v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. treien v.
1.
To incite wrath, be vexatious [quot. a1400 NVPsalter, 2nd]; provoke (sb., God), irritate, annoy; harass (sb., the soul, one's thought), trouble, vex; also, exhaust (sb.), tire out; harass (an enemy in battle); provoke (a dog with stones); with inf.: provoke (sb. or God to do sth.); ~ to, provoke (God) to (anger); charite is not taried, love is not irritable.
Associated quotations
- a1350 SLeg.Mich.(Ashm 43)285 : Tarieþ [Corp-C: A tei dogge..clibbost upe hom he is þat þrouweþ him mid ston].
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)p.187 : Hij..me..tariden [L irritaverunt] in her uanites..y shal tarien hem.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.4.25 : Ȝif ȝe..make to ȝow eny liknes, doynge euyl byfore þe lord ..þat hym to wraþþe ȝe tarre [L provocetis]..sone ȝe been to perischynge fro þe lond.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.9.8 : In oreb þou tarredist hym & wrooþ he wolde do þe awey whenne y styȝede in to þe hul.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.32.21 : Vntrewe sonys..han egged me in hym þat was not god & han tarred [L irritaverunt] me in þer vanytees.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.355 : Þe kynges..sone..gan to tarry and to angre [L lacessivit] þe Longobardes wiþ dispitous wordes.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.452 : Thin heringe..to the Herte the tidinge Of many a vanite hath broght, To tarie with a mannes thoght.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26787 : Þai do bot tarys [?read: tarye; Frf: taris] crist wit [Frf: to] tene.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28153 : I womman haue vn-buxum bene And tarid myn husband to tene.
- a1400 Grete ferly (Roy 17.B.17)127 : Summe þo flode of þo world castis fro waw to wawe, vp & doune..þoo are men þat are greetly taryde with bysynesse & angres on ilk syde.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)5.12 : Outpute þam..Lauerd, for þai taried [vr. traied] þe.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)105.8 : Þai ware noght mined..of þi merci, And þai taried.
- c1400(1375) Canticum Creat.(Trin-O 57)33 : Þe deuel..tysede Eue..Þus he tariede hem.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)Gal.5.26 : Be we noȝt y-mad coueytous of veyn glorye, taryynge eferychone oþer, & hafynge enuye eferichone to oþer.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)Heb.3.16 : Summe tarreden [L exacerbaverunt] hym..Bote to whom was he wroþ fourty ȝere?
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)80/15 : Þei foleweden domus of þer bodilich wyttis..tarringe God to ȝeue hem þe more uenchaunce in helle.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)187/13 : 'Charite is not tarred' to be wroþ unskulfullich, 'she þenkeþ non yuel' consentinge.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)225/25 : Þe Scottes..hud ham..in Wodes, and tariede þe Englisshe-men.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)172/694 : I couait noght to tari þe.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)301/4 : Certeyne persoones of good feiþ..weren taried in hemsilf wiþ certeine dreedis.
- a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)93/1 : Þe liȝt armure..schulliþ goe bifore þe scheltruns and tarre þe enemyes wiþ schot and cast of stones.
- a1450(1408) Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)104/22 : Þere nys no wise man þat wil tarre suche oon to fyȝte wiþ hym þe whiche he woot wel wole ouercome hym and þey fiȝte to gidre.
- a1450 Maidstone PPs.(Dgb 18)608 : In world is noon so scharpe an arowe As þe peynes þat me can tarie.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)195 : My cunseil..Ys to be at oone with trouthe and tarre hym nomore.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.38.23a : Þise temptacions..tarien þe sowle, bute þei appeiren nouȝt þe sowle.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Spencer 19)1.2.4b : Thy malice..is euere..redy for to tarien and disesen simpel soules.
- a1500 Hal.Gloss.(Eg 829)9 : Fatigatus: y-taried.
- a1500 *Medulla (Cnt D.2)37a/b : Defatigo: forto tarye [Hrl 2257: to wede or tayr; Stnh: to traye; Hrl 1738: to weryin].
- a1500 *Medulla (Cnt D.2)51b/b : Fatigo: tarye and to make wery or to do fullsumly.
- a1500 *Medulla (Cnt D.2)69b/a : Inquieto: to tarye or to greve orto vnqwyte [Hrl 2257: to tarri or disease; Add: to tarre or angur].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3224 : Þai..tarit hom longe, ffoghten with hom felly.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7287 : He was tarriet with the Troiens & tenit full euyll.