Middle English Dictionary Entry
affẹ̄ren v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | affẹ̄ren v.(2) Also affieren. |
| Etymology | OF aferir, sg. 3 afiert. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To be suitable or appropriate; ~ to, befit (sb.).
Associated quotations
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)225 : The kynge..dide hym [Arthur] grete honour as affiered to so high a man.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.166 : And afterwarde full clerely did apere, As to suche a prince of nature should affere.