Middle English Dictionary Entry
yēren v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | yēren v.(1) Also (WM) ȝeore; ppl. (N) ȝerand; p. (early SWM) ȝerde, ȝeorde, ȝirde; pl. (early) gerden, (SWM) ȝerden, ȝeorden, ȝirden, ȝurden. |
| Etymology | ?OE *gerian (cp. OFris. jeria, OS gerōn, OHG gerēn, MLG geren); some exx. may be errors, with omission of -n-, for ME yernen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To make a request, ask;—in as clause; also, ask (about sth.);
(b) to ask for (sth.), request; also, ask (sth. of sb.), demand [1st quot.];
(c) to desire (sth.), long for; also with that clause as obj.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5744 : Al swa þe king ȝirde, Mauric hit him ȝette.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7781 : Heo arisen up & eoden neor, & neodeliche ȝerden of þissere uncuðe talen þe heo iherden of þan cnauen.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)81 : Þe louerd seint matheu specð…of þe grimliche wordes þe ure helende…gaf to andswere þe unbilefde iudeuisshe men þe gerden of him fortocne.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2391 : Belin…him ȝette þat forward þat he ȝerde [Otho: ȝornde].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2750 : Heo forȝeten here ȝisles & þat grið þat heo ȝurden [Otho: ȝeornden].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5135 : Bruttes…ȝirden his hiredes grið [Otho: ȝeorden].
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5069 : Ær þat lær-spel weoren idon, þe king ȝeornde Cristin-dom, & alle his duȝeþe-cnihtes hit ȝeorde [Otho: ȝornde] forð-rihtes.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)1.33 : Mesure is Medicine þauh þou muche ȝeore [Trin-C: ȝerne].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28982 : Bes ai praiand for yur saul…þat es to be here ai ȝerand [Glb: ȝernand] þat ilk liue is ai lastand.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Note that in sense (c), the first quot.--c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut 5069--is also found under yernen v., sense 1.(d) (where it seems better placed). The Brut quot. needs to be removed from yeren v.(1).--per MLL