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† yˈcore, pa. pple. and ppl. a. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹecoren, 2–3 icoren, 3–4 icore, 4 i-, ycorn, 3–5 ycore.
[OE. ᵹecoren, pa. pple. of céosan to choose, ᵹecéosan i-cheose.]
Chosen; often predicative and as adj., elect; ‘choice’, fair, comely (cf. the uses of corn s.v. choose v. A. 6 a); hence in ME. used as a meaningless tag often riming with before; absol. elect one, the elect.
Beowulf 206 He hæfde cempan ᵹecorone. a900Cynewulf Juliana 299 Wiþ þa ᵹecorenan Cristes þeᵹnas. c900tr. Bæda's Hist. ii. xviii, Honorius..to bisceope ᵹecoren wæs. a1000Cædmon's Gen. 1818 Abraham..drihtne ᵹecoren. c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) cxxxi. 18 [cxxxii. 17] Ic..fæᵹre ᵹearuwe byrnende blac-ern bere for minum criste ᵹecorenum [orig. christo meo]. c1175Lamb. Hom. 45 Nu ic þe bidde for þine kinedome..and for alle þine haleȝen and ec þine icorene. a1200Moral Ode 104 Hwi boð fole iclepede and swa lut icorene. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 167 Hwat is þis þe astihȝð alse dai rieme, fair alse mone, icoren [orig. electa, Song of Songs vi. 10] alse sunne? c1300Harrow. Hell (L.) 244 Let vs neuer be forloren for no sunne, crist ycoren. c1330Amis & Amil. 579 Of wel heighe kin y-corn. c1330King of Tars 544 [The child] as a roonde of flesche icore In chaumbre lay hire bifore, Withouten blod or bon. 13..Coer de L. 146 With a coron off gold i-corn. 1340–70Alex. & Dind. 978 Þe kiddeste y-core þat corone weldus! c1380Sir Ferumb. 766 Charlis kyng þe beste knyȝt y-core þat is owar now lyuyng. c1420Chron. Vilod. 789 Edgar..To þe kyndam of Englonde was y-core. |