Middle English Dictionary Entry
wīred ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | wīred ppl. |
| Etymology | From wīr n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of hair: adorned with filigree;
(b) of candles: joined (to sth.) with wire [quot. 1435-6]; also, ?furnished with or stiffened by wire.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)208 : Here ȝelewe her was faire atired, Mid riche strenges of golde wyred.
b
- (1413-16) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 784 : Item, pro xiiii libris de wyryd candel, ii s. xi d.
- (1435-6) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7836 : Item, for i lib. of talow candell y-wyrede to the rode solere.
- (1475-6) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7893 : Pro viii candelis y-wyred, precii cuiuslibet lb. i d. q., summa x d.; item, pro xii candelis unwired, xii d.