Middle English Dictionary Entry
tīren v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | tīren v.(1) Also tir(e, tere & (early) teoren; p.ppl. tered(e. |
| Etymology | OE tē̆orian, tī̆orian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To diminish, weaken; (b) to exhaust (sb., the tongue, etc.), tire; ppl. terede, exhausted, weary, tired; also, exhausting, tiring [1st quot.]; (c) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225 Body & S.(2) (Wor F.174)63/20 : Him scrinckeþ þa lippen..him teoreþ his miht.
b
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)368/27 : Euery wery or terede walkynge..of þe feete hurteþ men þat haue sore ioyntz.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1009 : All þe ȝeris of oure ȝouthe es ȝare syne passid, And we for-trauailid & terid [Dub: for-tyred].
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)12a : Wan þei come in hard ston cuntre or among mountaynes, þei shul be sone teryd and brosyd.
- ?c1460 *Medulla (Add 33534)42b/b : Defatigo: to wene, to tere [Stnh: traye].
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)932/2 : The whyght knyghtes hylde them nyghe aboute sir Launcelot for to tire hym and wynde hym.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1404 : It wald tere ony tong hys tournays to reken.
c
- (1183) in Pipe R.Soc.3255 : Ærnaldus Tyrelitle.
- (1301) Nickname in LuSE 55176 : Walt. Teredlad.
- (1327) Nickname in LuSE 55177 : Sim. Tirhare.