Middle English Dictionary Entry
terren v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | terren v.(2) Also ter(re, terrien, terwin & (early) tirgen, tirwigen; p. terrede, (early) tirwede; ppl. terred, etc. & (16th cent.) tirghit. |
| Etymology | OE tirgan, tergan, tyrian, tyrwian; p.ppl. form tirghit perh. influenced by ME tīren v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. tarien v.(2).
1.
(a) To provoke (sb., God), anger, vex; provoke (sb. to wrath, battle, etc.); with inf.: incite (sb. to do sth.); also, provoke (anger) [quots. 1395, a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Ps.]; ~ oute; (b) to be provocative or vexatious; terringe oute, exasperating; terringe to wrath, provoking God's wrath; (c) to become tired, tire; exhaust (sb. or sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1100 : Þurh his agene gitsunga, he æfre þas leode mid here & mid ungylde tyrwigende wæs.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)87/1 : Þa þæt Crist geherde hwu seo helle þone deofel Beelzebub mid mycele gryre geðreatode & mid worde tyrwede, þa cwæð he, [etc.].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.20.34 : Ooþer ten þowsendes of men of al israel dwelleris of þe cite terredyn [WB(2): excitiden; L provocabant] to strifes, & þe bataile is agreggid aȝenst þe sonys of Benjamyn.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 1.7 : Sche so terrede hir..sche wepte & tooc no mete.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Kings 16.7 : Þe woord of þe lord was maad aȝens baasa..& aȝens al þe euyl þat he hadde don beforn þe lord to terren hym [WB(2): terre hym to ire; L ad irritandum eum] in þe werkis of his hondis.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.20.2 : Who so euere in þese thingis deliteþ shal not ben wijs..who terreþ hym, synneþ aȝen his soule.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.4.2 : Þe hungringe soule ne despise þou, & terre þou not out to wrathe [L non exasperes] þe pore in his myseise.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)114 : Siche bisecheris ben brought to the place of gouernaile, whiche terren more the wrathfulnesse of God in hemsilf.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Deut.9.8 : For and in Oreb thow terredist hym, and wrooth he wolde doo thee awey.
- a1425 Trev.Higd.(Hrl 1900)5.355 : Terre [L lacessivit; StJ-C: þe kynges..sone..gan to tarry and to angre þe Longobardes wiþ dispitous wordes].
- a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Ps.(Bod 554)13 (Ps.9.25) : Of Goddis ire terrid aȝenes him, he shal not seke penaunce, but die in dispeir.
- a1425 WBible(1) (CC 145)Ezek.16.26 : Þou didist fornicacioun with sones of egipt..& multipliedist þi fornicacioun to terre me to wraþe.
- a1425 WBible(1) (CC 145)Dan.11.25 : Þe King of þe souþ shal be terred to bataile with manye helpis.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.44 : Þat is needeful..þat he speke neiþer unmekeli to terre [vr. ter] men for to fiȝte ne spare not to seie þe soþe mekeli in Goddis cause.
- ?a1425 Wycl.CGosp.Luke (Cmb Kk.2.9:Hudson)23/111 : Þe puple bi her dedis terriþ God to wraþþe.
- c1425(c1400) Primer (Cmb Dd.11.82)p.57 : Falle þei doun fro her þouȝtis; up þe multitude of her wickidnessis, caste þou hem doun; for, lord, þei han terrid þee to ire.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.77.8 : Lest þei ben maad as þer fadris: a shrewde generacioun & a terrynge [vr. terrende] out [WB(2): terrynge to wraththe; L exasperans].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.30.9 : Þe puple forsoþe to wrathe is terring, & sones lieris, sones not willing to heren þe lawe of god.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Jer.5.23 : An herte vnbileueful and terrynge to wraththe is maad to this puple.
- a1425 WBible(1) (CC 145)Ezek.12.2 : Þou dwellist in middel of an hous terrende to wraþe.
c
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)275 : Ðe hertes hauen anoðer kinde..on swimmeð bi forn & alle ðe odre folegen..gef him ðat biforn teð Bilimpes for to tirgen, Alle ðe oðre cumen mide & helpen him for to herien.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)489 : Terwyd: Lassatus, fatigatus; Terwyn, or make wery: Lasso, fatigo.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)522 : Weryyn, or make wery, or terwyn: Fatigo, lasso.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4758 : The Troiens full tit were tirghit for fight, Wondit & were.