Middle English Dictionary Entry
airen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | airen v.(1) Also ayeren. Ppl. ai(e)rand. |
| Etymology | OF errer, esrer, erer; subj. eire, oirre; ppl. erré, eiré. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. erren (1) & eire.
1.
(a) To wander, travel, march; go on a quest or expedition; ~ out; ~ aboute, circle around; (b) to proceed, go; -- intr. & refl.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)25/12 : Þis forsaid fewle es oft tymes sene ayrand aboute, when þe weder es faire and clere.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)455 : Bynde thy blonke by a buske..Lugge þi selfe vndyre lynde..There awes none alyenes to ayer appon nyghttys.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)617 : He ayerez oute with alyenez, ostes full huge, Ewyn into Almayne.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1329 : It es non honour to me to owttray hys knyghttez, Þoghe ȝe bee irous men þat ayres on his nedez.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2830 : The erle Antele the olde, the avawmwarde he buskes, Ayerande on ayther hande heghte thosande knyghtez.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)531 : A..knyghte Þat ayres into vnkoth lond, auntres to seche.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)53 : He..airis euen furth him ane.
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)173 : Ayre euyn to þe Oxen, entre hom in yoke With striffe or with stroke till þai stonde wold.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7314 : Archilacus..Wold venge o þat velany in a vile hast, And ayres vnto Ector Angardly swithe.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2637 : He..Aires [Dub: Kayres] him to ser Alexander in all-þirmast puple.