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seir1 (1113-19)
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seir1 (1113-19)

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ceir,  cer,  cere;  sair,  saire,  sayr,  sayre;  seier,  seire,  ser,  sere,  seyr;  soeir,  soer,  soier,  soir,  soire,  soyr  (ceoir,  seer  Ars Dict 57.686,  seor  Liber Donati 21.118,  seore  Liber Donati 19.7,  sier  Pop Med 288.185,  syer  Five Med MSS 71.T30)  
  FEW:  sero 11,516b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  seir 10,656c TL: soir 9,773 DEAF:  soir  DMF:  soir  TLF:  soir  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  sero 2 3047b

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time evening, nightfall: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xii2 )  de la rusee del matin devienent blanches e cleres (=types of pearls), e de cele del seir devienent obscures  Lapid 108.5
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  E ensement vient sa pité Come sotil pluie de seir Suelt belement sor blez chaeir  Salemon 9253
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiim )  La deboneire chere cest rei iert cume pluie de seir  Paroles Salomun 3136
( 1377; MS: s.xv1 )  le vendredy devers le ceoir  Lett & Pet 262.5
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  (the tempest) comensa avaunt sayre et endurra tanqe a la mynuyt  Anon Chr1 50.11
a, au, en seir
time in the evening, at nightfall: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Fist provende as chevals doner, E al seir fist sa gent monter  Rom de Rou wace ii 47.4294
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  la devez dire le matin ‘ad principium [...]’, e au soeir ‘ad finem [...]’  Mirour Egl (A) 14.5.90
( 1297 )  issi ke il seyent joedy a seyr a Hurley  Westm Wenlok 87.123
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  il ne scet [...] [au matin] vers le boys aler ne au seier par sei retorner  BOZ Cont 21
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  (drink this potion) ad matin freid, ad sere chaud  A-N Med ii 209
( MS: s.xv )  [...] Si le bove en cere e en la matine  Five Med MSS 81.S18
a, au seir e a, au matin
time morning and evening, twice daily: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Mult i aiment viande al matin et al seir  Rom Chev ANTS 4458
( s.xiii2? )  donez le malade a bayver au matin e au sayr teve  Med Pres1 138.17
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  femme que ad dolour del stomak beve sovent ad matin e cer centaurie  A-N Med ii 266.136
( 1431 )  jeo voille que exequies soient faitz [...] a soir et a matyn  Reg Chich ii 458
♦ time day and night, all the time: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Li escuier me sunt aclin Ambure al seir e al matin  GAIMAR1 278
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  Tant lui (=God) avum mesfait d’oir e de veer, Asez avum a plaindre al matin e al seir  GUISCH 1426
le seir
time in the evening, at night: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  E fait la gent dormir Le seir reposer  Comput ANTS 291
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Le jur l’ama si l’out le seir  Brut WACE 1013
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1245 )  [...] si en bevez le seir chaud e le matin freid  Pop Med 122.148
bon seir a vus
time politeness good night (as a greeting): 
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  Et aprés manger, vous dirrez ainsi: [...] ‘Sir, bon seore a vous’. ‘Sir, bon noet’  Liber Donati 19
de halt seir
time late at night: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  A Lengres vindrent de halt seir, En la cité se herbergierent  Brut WACE 12282
demain le seir
demain1
prime seir
primseir

adv.

time in the evening, at nightfall : 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  La nut ne poet dormir ne seir ne matinee  Horn 2516
( 1357 )  Escript a Romené iceo lundi seir  ROUGH 101
seir e main, main e seir
main2
seir e matin, matin e seir
matin
er seir
erseir

[gdw]

See also:

serein  seril  serir1 
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