Middle English Dictionary Entry
blēre-eied adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | blēre-eied adj. Also blēr-eied, ~ īed, blēren-eied, blern-īed. |
| Etymology | Cp. bleren & LG bleer-oged blear-eyed. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Having watery or rheumy eyes, bleary-eyed; of the eyes: rheumy, bleary.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)84a/a : In blereyȝed yȝen [L in lippis oculis]..þe humour falliþ awey & þe yȝe liddes waxiþ grete.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)241/28 : Oþere maner sijknes of þe iȝe..blere iȝed [L lipinositas].
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)17.324 : Smoke..smyteth his eyen Til he be blerenyed [vrr. blereighed, blereneyed] or blynde.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Lev.21.20 : Offre he not breed to his God..if..bleer eyed [L si lippus].
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)17908 : With þi blereyed eyen so sore wepyng.
- a1450 SLeg.Barlaam (Bod 779)224 : An old mon..Bleryid & wlaffing.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.164 : Þe blernyed boynard.
- a1500(?a1410) Lydg.CB (Lnsd 699)187 : A blereyde fowler trust nat, thouh he weepe.