wyre (s.xiii3/4)
Cite this entry

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

wyre (s.xiii3/4)

Cite this entry

[gdw]

  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  wire n.1  MED:  wir n.1  DMLBS:  wirum 3738c
wyr  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

s.

1 metal wire, metal thread: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Pernez archal .j. wyr e enoignez le de suffre vif destempré un poi od oille, e estendez le archal en lung la meysun […] e alumez une chandele a l’un but de l’archal ke la flamble atuche le archal  113
( 1483-84 ) culiers d'estain et plumbe, cheines de wyre sibien de laton come de fer  ii 495
white wyre
whitewyre
wyre drawere
wyredrawere
wyre mongere
wyremongere
This is an AND2 Phase 6 (T-Z) entry. © 2022-25 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
wyre