Middle English Dictionary Entry
tērī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | tērī adj. |
| Etymology | From tēr(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Covered or suffused with tears; also, producing tears [2nd quot.].
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.821 : She gan for shame anon Hire tery [vr. ytery] face atwixe hire armes hide.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)12a/a : Þe eye..haþ nerues..And veynez & arteriez & spongious flesh fillyng þe places aboute þe lacrimale, i. tery place.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)185/5536 : With tery eyen twayne I yow requere that ye..ley aside disdayne.