Middle English Dictionary Entry
curreien v.
Entry Info
| Forms | curreien v. Also curraien, curry, curre, correien, corraien, corry, core & cunrai, conrai. |
| Etymology | AF curreier, CF corroier prepare, take care of. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To clean and comb (a horse), curry; also, torture (a person with a hot horse-comb).
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)251 : Ȝe wuten wel þat an Asse..is..to file weorke i-do..selde heo is i-coureyd wel, withovte nail and scho.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)283b/b : The colte is nouȝt..y corrayed [Tol: coreyed] wiþ horse combe.
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)67 : Þe kartere þe hors combe shal haue, Wher with hys hors he shal correye [F correiera].
- a1425 Gloss.Bibbesw.(AS 182)898 : Counreera: cunray.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)110 : Currayyn [Win: Curry] horsys, or oþer lyke: Strigillo.
- c1450 St.Eras.(Add 36983)202 : Brennyng horse-combes to currey hym [Erasmus] withe.
- c1450 Dc.Prov.(Dc 52)p.45 : Short hors is son jcurryed.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.JHare (LdMisc 683)34 : Lyk as he wolde coraye his masteris hors.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)28a : To Cory horse: strigilare.
2.
(a) To dress (tanned hides), curry leather; (b) to 'tan' or punish (sb.) by beating.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)110 : Currayyn ledyr: Cociodio [Win: Coriodio].
- a1525(?1457) Cov.Leet Bk.302 : Þat no Curriour..curre no maner ledder within þe walles of þis Cite, but þat they ordeyn theym places to curre their ledder withoute þe walles.
- a1525(?1473) Cov.Leet Bk.388 : That all Coriours & Coruisers þat shall corry leddere frohensfurth corry noo ledder within þe walles of þis Cite.
b
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)31 : In oon of hire handes she heeld..a good yerde, smal and greene and courreyinge [OF couroians; Lydg.Pilgr. 4011: to skouren chyldern].
3.
~ fauvel (favel), to curry favor; cajole, flatter (sb.) [see favel; favor is later substituted in this phrase].
Associated quotations
- a1400 Grete ferly (Roy 17.B.17)110 : Lite may now with lordis duelle but þoo þat kon conraye fawenelle [read: faweuelle].
- a1400 Prov.Wisd.(Bod 9)80 : Who-so wyl in court dwelle, Nedis must he correy famelle [read: fauelle; Rwl: fauell].
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)24/394 : Loke þou core not fauele ne be no flaterer.
- a1450(?1404) As þe see (Dgb 102)190 : Þou corayest ffauel and stelest his hay.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)5282 : But he hyde Þe trouth an can currey fauel, he nat þe nere is His lordes grace.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)362 : She toke hym by the swere, As þouȝe she had lernyd cury fauel of som old ffrere.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)213 : Men of worschyppe that wylle not glose nor cory favyl for no parcyallyte.
- a1500 Pennyw.Wit(2) (Cmb Ff.2.38)204 : Sche was a schrewe..There sche currayed fauell well.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)42/11 : Whyle I was glorious in worldly welfulnesse..Tho louteden blasours, tho curreyden glosours, tho welcomeden flatterers.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)365 : Counseilours of kinges..Whou þey carry [read: curry; Roy 18.B.17: currey] kinges & her back claweþ!
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1330 Pennyw.Wit(1) (Auch)330 : Sche stroked his here & made it touȝ & conraid fauuel wele ynouȝ.
Note: Antedates sense 3.--per HWK
Note: May be needed for form (3rd preterite sing.): conraid.--per MLL
Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section may be incomplete and / or may need revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED.--per MLL
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Sln.963 Artist.Recipes (Sln 963) 244/14 : Correye hit yn þe manere of Cordewan tyl hyt be bryght.
Note: Need date, sense 2.(a).