Middle English Dictionary Entry
tọ̄̆yēr(e adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | tọ̄̆yēr(e adv. Also toȝere & toyẹ̄re, -ȝẹ̄re. |
| Etymology | From OE tō gēare phr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) This year; also, at present, now; ~ more, for years to come, for a long time; (b) in negative constructions: no..~, not ~, never, not at all; (c) as adj., glossing L hornus and hornotinus.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4009 : Her liggeð to-ȝere ten þusend of his iferen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6226 : Nu we maȝen to-ȝere careles wunien here.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (Hrl 2277:Horst.)240 : Ȝoure ester ȝe schulle holde þer as ȝe dude to-ȝere.
- a1350(1307) Execution Fraser (Hrl 2253)45 : Moni proud scot þer-of mene may to ȝere.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)588 : Ȝet oþer þer werne..Þat swange and swat for long ȝore, Þat ȝet of hyre noþynk þay nom, Paraunter noȝt schal to-ȝere more.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)25/129 : Inglis men sall ȝit to ȝere Knok þi palet or þou pas.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.241 : It sat me so soore When I the saugh so langwisshyng to-yere [vr. to yeer] For love, of which thi wo wax alwey moore.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)354/164 : I wene it wolle neuere come þore; We foure rayse it noȝt right to yere.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)214/6386 : Then come agayne..An othir tyme and not to-yere.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)129b : To ȝere: horno.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)277/608 : Go we hence and leyfe hym here, ffor I shall be his borghe to-yere he felys no more payn.
b
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.168 : What sholde I bye it on my flessh so deere? Yet hadde I leuere wedde no wyf to yeere!
- c1450 How mankinde dooþ (Lamb 853)244 : In heuene comeþ no foolis to ȝeere.
- a1500 How mankinde dooþ (Fil)184 : He þat is a fole & may be wyse Yn heuene cometh he not to ȝere.
c
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)129b : To ȝere..hornus, -a, -um; hornotinus.