"hure" meaning in Middle English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈhur(ə)/ Forms: hur [alternative], huru [alternative], hwure [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English huru (“at least, especially”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|huru||at least, especially}} Old English huru (“at least, especially”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb}} hure
  1. at intervals, frequent, at least, in any case
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-adv-ODUE6gFc Categories (other): Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, West Midland Middle English Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 1 6 16 5 5 36 3 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 7 3 3 4 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 4 17 3 3 47 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 12 2 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 43 6 0 0 1 8 0 7 0 9 7 7 9 4 Disambiguation of West Midland Middle English: 35 7 0 0 2 9 0 8 0 5 9 8 10 6
  2. especially, particularly; much less
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-adv-AeCu5UA3
  3. truly, certainly, indeed
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-adv-3kpNjChf
  4. even
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-adv-7DgGPIgf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: huru
Etymology number: 1

Determiner

Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner|var=1}} hure
  1. (chiefly Southern and Southwest Midland) alternative form of here (“their”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: here (extra: their)
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-det-fYH9qqB2 Categories (other): Southern Middle English, Southwest Midland Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Determiner

Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner|var=1}} hure
  1. alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hire (extra: “her”, genitive)
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-det-uwUJwsfW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Determiner

Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner|var=1}} hure
  1. alternative form of oure (“our”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: oure (extra: our)
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-det-3VtnlmvD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 8

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|var=1}} hure
  1. (AB language, Herefordshire, Worcestershire) alternative form of hire (“wages”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hire (extra: wages)
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-noun-awi5jvCr Categories (other): Herefordshire Middle English, Worcestershire Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|var=1}} hure
  1. alternative form of hore (“whore”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hore (extra: whore)
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-noun-T~TtO4iC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|var=1}} hure
  1. alternative form of ore (“ore”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ore (extra: ore)
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-noun-FoBL0QDA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|var=1}} hure
  1. alternative form of hire (“her”, object) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hire (extra: “her”, object)
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-pron-5OvTKnYJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun|var=1}} hure
  1. alternative form of hire (“hers”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hire (extra: hers)
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-pron-2BXpiY4p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} hure
  1. (AB language; Early Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of hiren (“to hire”) Tags: Early-Middle-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hiren (extra: to hire)
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-verb-tZdsLhd- Categories (other): Early Middle English, Worcestershire Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 9

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} hure
  1. alternative form of horyen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: horyen
    Sense id: en-hure-enm-verb-XHN0Xeiq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 10
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          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), Hali Meidenhad:",
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Download raw JSONL data for hure meaning in Middle English (9.9kB)

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