† meedyernadj.

Forms: Middle English med ȝeorne, Middle English med-ȝerne, Middle English medȝierne, Middle English med-ierne, Middle English medierne, Middle English med-yorne.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meed n., yern adj.

Etymology: < meed n. + yern adj. Compare Middle High German mietegern, mietgern eager for reward. Middle Eng. Dict., following the reading of G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1948) and of earlier editors, gives also the following example. However, Brook in his second edition (1956) emends instead to medicine, rejecting the earlier interpretation on the grounds that an i spelling for the reflex of Old English palatal g is unlikely in this manuscript.a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 32 He is medierne [perh. read medicine] of miht.

Obsolete.

Greedy for bribes, covetous.

ΚΠ

a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 256 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 175 Med-ierne [v.rr. med ȝeorne, med-ȝerne, medȝierne, med-yorne] domes men.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	meedyern
释义	† meedyernadj. Forms: Middle English med ȝeorne, Middle English med-ȝerne, Middle English medȝierne, Middle English med-ierne, Middle English medierne, Middle English med-yorne. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meed n., yern adj. Etymology: < meed n. + yern adj. Compare Middle High German mietegern, mietgern eager for reward. Middle Eng. Dict., following the reading of G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1948) and of earlier editors, gives also the following example. However, Brook in his second edition (1956) emends instead to medicine, rejecting the earlier interpretation on the grounds that an i spelling for the reflex of Old English palatal g is unlikely in this manuscript.a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 32 He is medierne [perh. read medicine] of miht. Obsolete. Greedy for bribes, covetous. ΚΠ a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 256 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 175 Med-ierne [v.rr. med ȝeorne, med-ȝerne, medȝierne, med-yorne] domes men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1225
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