Middle English Dictionary Entry
ūsū̆ren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ūsū̆ren v. |
| Etymology | OF usurer & ML ūsūrāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To make a loan at interest, practice usury; lend money at interest (to sb.); also fig.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.19.17 : He vsureþ to þe lord þat haþ rewþe of þe pore, & his while he [the Lord] shal ȝelden to hym.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Jer.15.10 : I vsurede not, ne to me vsurede any man.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.207 : God usuriþ for oure prow, for alle þingis þat God ȝyveþ us he ȝyveþ us for þis eende…þus he to whom God ȝyveþ more shulde more love his God.