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† ˈestre Obs.
Also 3 eastre, 4 ester(e, hestre, 5 esture, estyr.
[a. OF. estre being, condition (in pl. = sense 2), orig. a subst. use of estre (mod.F. être) to be. In sense 2 b this was in Fr. already confused with another word, = Pr. estra fem., of unknown etymology.]
1. Condition of being, way of life, position, circumstances; also, a state of things.
c1300K. Alis. 5467 To wite of Alisaundres estre..Grete wille had Porus the kyng. c1314Guy Warw. (A.) 4563 Siker þou be þat al mi pine & alle mine estris ichil telle þe. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 94 He told him of alle þe estere, þat him mette þat nyght. 1393Gower Conf. I. 272 What shall I telle unto Silvestre Or of your name or of your estre. a1400Sir Perc. 1559 Thay..talked and tolde Off othir estres fulle olde.
2. concr.
a. A place; places generally; hence the parts about a country; localities, a region; also an estate, dominions.
c1205Lay. 3583 Leir is an is londe, icume ouer sæ streme to isen is eastress. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 10586 So long he [Tumna] leuede yn þat estre Þat for hys name he hyȝt Tuncestre. c1330― Chron. (1810) 891 To Wales is William schaken, estres to spie. Ibid. 145 He bouht Two maners tille his estre. Ibid. 212 Jon regned in þis estre kyng auhten ȝere. c1430Lydg. Bochas. iii. v. (1554) 74 a, He gan espie thestres of the place. c1440Bone Flor. 293 He toke hym come To spere the estyrs of Rome. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxiii. 221 The noble baron of stafford priked hir hors vp and doune by the hylles for to kepe the estres [ed. 1520 estrees] of the countrey.
b. Chiefly pl. Apartments, dwellings, quarters; the inner rooms in a house, divisions or alleys in a garden, etc.
a1225Ancr. R. 296 Brouhte o brune alle hire huses [v.r. eastres.] a1300Cursor M. 2252 (Cott.) His esters sal we see ful suyth. c1300K. Alis. 7611 Y wol sende hire lovedrewry, And hire hestris eke aspye. c1330Arth. & Mer. 816 At hir dore and hir fenester Hadde y blisced and ech ester. c1350Will. Palerne 1768 Ȝede a grom of grece in þe gardyn to pleie to bi-hold þe estres & þe herberes so faire. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 1711 Lucrece, The husbonde knew the estris wel & fyn. c1400Beryn 556 For thow knowest better then I, al the estris of this house, go vp thy selff and spy. c1400Rom. Rose 1448, I wente..Aboute the place; it was not left, Tyl I hadde all the gardyn bene In the estres that men might sene. 1470–85Malory Arthur xix. vii, Pleaseth it yow to see the estures [printed by Caxton eftures] of this castel. 1775in Ash.
3. App. used for: Fruit, produce.
a1300E.E. Psalter lxiv [lxv.] 11 Fele falde his estres in þe land [Vulg. multiplica genimina ejus (sc. terræ)]. |