† euren.
Obsolete.
Destiny, fate, whether good or evil; luck.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate
shapeOE
whatec1200
destiny1340
ordinance1340
predestinya1425
eure1430
predestin1558
fate1667
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. v As the goddes in this myne auenture Lyst to ordeyne for my fatall eure.
c1440 Generydes 2788 Bothe on thei rode to knowe what was ther vre.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 60 The moste and grettest ewre or happe of aman is to haue a good felawe.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 312 Tak ye vre yat God wald send.
a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.viiiv He hathe good vre That can hymselfe assure Howe fortune wyll endure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† eurev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To destine; to invest with, as by the decree of fate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)]
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dightc1000
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weirda1300
destinec1300
ordainc1390
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fortunec1430
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predefine1542
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destinate1548
fore-pointa1557
fore-appoint1561
pre-ordinate1565
foreset1573
forepurpose1581
sort1592
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predetermine1601
pre-appoint1603
forecall1613
fatea1616
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predeterminate1637
pre-order1640
predestine1642
ordinate1850
foreordinate1858
preset1926
1428 Will of Roger Flore (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/3) f. 71v If god ewre him [to] dye.
1440 Duke of Gloucester Manifesto, Patent Roll 18 Henry VI pt. iii The worship that God so long hath eured him with.
1526 J. Skelton Magnyfycence 6 Men nowadayes be so unhappely ured That nothynge than welth may worse be endured.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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