Middle English Dictionary Entry
afēres n. (plural)
Entry Info
| Forms | afēres n. (plural) Also affer(e)s, affaire. |
| Etymology | AF afere, CF afaire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Things one does; activities, doings, affairs; also, behavior; (b) sg. an enterprise.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Knt.PW (Phys-E)143 : And namlic thir okereres, That er cursed for thair aferes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11962 : Ask him qui he þus-gat gers Vs hatted be for his afers [vrr. aferes, maneres].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22116 : Þe wicked gastes..Him foluand in al his afers.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)410 : Olympyas..telleþ to Neptanabon Alle þe affers [vr. aferis] of Amon.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)7.152 : Þer beþ meny felle frekus myne afferes to aspye.
b
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3455 : Now goth wel thyn affaire; He shall to thee be debonaire.