toren-eȝe and toreneȝe - Middle English Compendium

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toren-eȝe adj.

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Forms	toren-eȝe adj. Pl. toreniȝen & (?errors) toreȝan, toreeȝean, (error) totoreeȝean.
Etymology	OE toren-īge, toran-ēage; the first to- in the form totore- is prob. a rendering of L ad (in addition to the equivalent wið, both of which were retained erroneously), though the full form may be the scribe's interpretation of the first part of the comb. as the p.ppl. of ME tọ̄̆tēren v.(2).

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

(a) Bleary-eyed; also, of the eyes: bleared; (b) as noun phrase: ?bleariness or rheuminess of the eyes; ?bleary eyes.

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a

?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)63/2 : Ȝif hwa toreneȝe si, nim þisse wirte seaw & smere þa eaȝene þarmid.
?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)13/31 : Þis sceal to þan eaȝen se ȝesleȝen byð oððer toreȝan [?read: toreneȝan].

b

?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)13/30 : Wið totore eȝean [in margin: wid tore eȝean; L Ad lippitudinem occulorum]: Þis sceal to þan eaȝen se ȝesleȝen byð, [etc.].
?a1200 Hrl.HApul.Gloss (Hrl 6258B)p.62 : To toreniȝen [above line, perh. glossing L heading: Ad lippitudines oculorum; Hrl 6258b: Wið eaȝene sare, þæt is þanne ȝif hwa toreneȝe si].