Middle English Dictionary Entry
terin n.
Entry Info
Forms | terin n. |
Etymology | OF tarin, terin. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A small songbird, prob. the siskin (Carduelis spinus).
Associated quotations
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)665 : Thrustles, terins, and mavys..songen forto wynne hem prys.