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dorer1 (s.xii1)

dorer1 (s.xii1)

deorer,  deorrer,  dorrer, 
(p.p. desorré,  deuorrez)  
  FEW:  aurum 25,1025a Gdf: GdfC:  dorer 9,409c TL: dorer 2,2030 DEAF:  dorer  DMF:  dorer  TLF:  dorer  OED:  dore v.  MED:  dore v.  DMLBS:

v.trans.

to gild
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  (the maker of a statue) A trifoire la fist e mult bele la dorra  Rom Chev ANTS 1131
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) plusurs le cutiverent pur deu, e dorerent la ymage k’il apelerent la statue Martis  Iter paris 132
( 1370 )  N[e] nul homme ne dorre nul overaigne de quivere ne de latun [...]  Goldsmiths 132

p.p. as a.

1gilded
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) la reine [...], en vestement doré, avirunede de varieté  Oxf Ps ANTS 69.44.11
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  la bucle fu d’orkal, Ki doree est mut bien  Horn 2000
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  l’ymage bele [...] Ke fu de fust & peinturee E mult curteisement ben dorree  Mir N-D 124.37
( 1423 )  i tabulet d’argent dorrés  Rot Parl1 iv 215
2golden
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  Roi H. li chause les esporouns deorrez  Boeve 537
( 1303 )  un par d’esperouns deorreis  YBB 30-31 Ed I 301
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  voz pennez sont si colurez [...] les uns com saunk, les autres desorrez (var. (B: c.1330) dorretz)  BOZ Cont 25
fig.golden
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  il dehors dorez erent [...] Mais dedenz malveis esteient  Mirur1 167vb17.
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Si Seint Johan m’eust prestee Sa bouche droitement doree [...]  Ross ANTS 1202

See also:

doré 
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