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spur, v.1

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MDu.: Middle Dutch

Middle English Dictionary Entry

spōren v.

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Forms	spōren v. Alsospor(e,spur(en & (early SWM)sporie,spurie; p.spored(e, etc. &spurde; pl.spurred,spureden & (error)sporered; ppl.spored,spurd,spurret.
Etymology	Fromspōre n.(2); cp.MDu.sporen.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

(a) To urge a horse to gallop; strike (a horse, mule) with spurs; ?also, error forspurnen v.1.(a) [quot. c1425]; (b) to incite (sb. to sth. or to do sth.), urge; (c)ppl.spored, arrayed with or wearing spurs; (d) in surnames.

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c1275(?a1200)Lay.Brut(Clg A.9)10655:He igrap his spere longe, his hors gon spurie [Otho: sporie].
c1275(?a1200)Lay.Brut(Clg A.9)13216:Þe eorles gunnen riden & spureden heore steden.
a1325(c1250)Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3970:Ðes asse..fel ðor dun..Balaam it spureð and smit ðor-on.
a1425KAlex.(LinI 150)5374:His spere tok Perdicas, His mule sporeþ Ennidis.
c1425Glo.Chron.A(Hrl 201)p.375:Rychard..vor brec þere hys necke atuo As he rod an honteþ & perauntre hys hors spurde [Clg: spurnde; rime: turnde].
(1440)Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1453:Thouȝ ȝe þe asse spore or ellis bete, His slaw paas can he not forȝete.
a1450(a1338)MannyngChron.Pt.1(Lamb 131)12719:He sporede his hors, forþ faste gan schake.
c1450Ponthus(Dgb 185)101/29:Euerych theyr speres raysed redye and began to spur and to iuste..with the Bretanes.
(a1470)MaloryWks.(Win-C)50/3:So they spurred theire horsis and come togydir with all theire myghtes.
a1500(?c1450)Merlin(Cmb Ff.3.11)282:Thei sporered [?read: sporred] theire horse ouer the brigge at a brunt.
a1500Partenay(Trin-C R.3.17)4214:His spere Faste he shoke, his coursere spored.

c1225(?c1200)HMaid.(Bod 34)14/177:Þe ilke sari wrecches..beoð þe deofles eaueres, þet rit ham & spureð ham to don al þet he wule.
c1225(?c1200)St.Juliana(Bod 34)51/559:Heo as þe deouel spurede ham to donne duden hit unsperliche.
(a1460)Vegetius(2)(Pmb-C 243)276:Shame wil refreyne hem not to fle; Laude & honour, hem sporynge on victory, To make fame eternal in memory.

c1400Brut-1333(Rwl B.171)227/12:Þe same Andrew was..ledde vnto þe barr in maner of an Erl..with a suorde gert aboute him, and hosede and spored.
c1453(c1437)Brut-1436(Hrl 53)561/22:Þe Duyk of Burgeyn..was..slayne..and after, put in-to a pitte, botit and spurret.
a1500(a1460)Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)232/147:What, nawder bowted ne spurd, and a lord of name!

(1327)Nickname inSAU 63184:Galfr. Sporehard.
(1377)Nickname inSAU 63184:Joh. Sporard junior.