Middle English Dictionary Entry
tīren v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | tīren v.(3) Also tire, teren; p. tired, tiret; ppl. tired, tiret, iteride. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of atīren v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To clothe (sb., oneself), dress, attire; (b) to ornament (sth.), decorate; ppl. tiringe, arranging adornments (for one's head); also, decorative [1st quot.].
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)48/586 : Þai..tired him as a king.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)263 : A gret lord..gayly is tyred.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4478 : Þe werwolf þe bisecheþ þat tow tit com him to, to tire him in his wedes.
- a1400 Bevis (Eg 2862)p.180 : Twelf knyȝtes he let him tyre.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1547 : Iogis of þe lawe Ware tired [Dub: tyrett] all in tonacles of tarrayn webbis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5195 : Ser Telomew..tyris him belyue.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)588 : In russet clothyng he tyret hym.
b
- (1433) Will York in Sur.Soc.3048 : Lego..unam zonam ornatam cum octo barres et tribus teryngbarres argenti deauratis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5644 : Off..topaces..tyrid was þe wawes.
- c1450 De CMulieribus (Add 10304)437 : She satt kymmynge and tyrynge of hir hede.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8751 : This tabernacle..was tyrit..Vpon cristall..clustrit with greses.
2.
(a) To equip (a knight) for battle, arm; also, prepare (oneself) for combat or a military expedition; ppl. tired, armed; (b) ppl. tired, of an egg: prepared.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.151 : He sauh..His folk armed & tired & ay redy to fight.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.274 : To Dunbar þei þam drowe..þei tirede þam to kest smertly to þe assaute.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)984 : He toke his armure and tyred him swythe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3603 : A borden castell, And thretty tulkis in ilk toure tired in platis.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)188/24 : To farther thy fyght I shall brynge..twenty thousand of tyred men.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2778 : For Redur & ranke harme of vnright dedis, We may tyre vs with truthe to tene hom agayne.
b
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)604 : A neg y teryde.
- 1486 ?Berners Bk.St.Albans (Blades 1881)leaf f vii/b : An Egge Tyred.