Middle English Dictionary Entry
wōr(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wōr(e n. Also ware & (error) ȝore. |
| Etymology | OE wār |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. warth n.
1.
(a) The seashore, beach; also, sand (on a seashore);
(b) se ~ [OE sǣ-wār], seaweed.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1300 Maximian (Dgb 86)151 : Ich walke [vr. wake] as water in ȝore [vr. wore]; Louerd Crist, þin ore! Wi is me so wo?
- a1350 Bytuene mersh (Hrl 2253)32 : Icham for wowyng al forwake, wery so water in wore.
- c1425 Liber de Hyda in RS 45222 : These ben the markys of the oon hyde lond at Stathe: Begynne up at the ware [OE of wareðe] to the ston at the ȝate, [etc.].
- c1425 Liber de Hyda in RS 45223 : Begyn fro the ware up to the Bradwater as hyt is marked…fro Goldstede along the mersch, outh to the ware.
b
- a1300 Sln.146 Gloss.(Sln 146)292/40 : Alga: sewor.
- c1300 Add.15236 Gloss.(3) (Add 15236)123/48 : Alga: gallice, familiede; anglice, sewor.