† espeireespoiren.

Forms: Also Middle English espeir, espeyre, Middle English espaire, espoyrMiddle English aphetic speire.

Etymology: < Old French espeire (feminine), espeir (masculine), modern French espoir, < esperer to hope. Compare Portuguese esper (masculine), Spanish espera feminine.

Obsolete.

Hope, expectation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun]

hightOE

weenOE

hopec1200

speir1303

espeire1393

esperancec1430

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 211 To putten Rome in full espeire [v.r. espeyre].

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 33 And as the plover doth of aire, I live and am in good espeire.

c1400 St. Alexius (Laud 622) 1030 To þi comyng was al my speire, To haue ymade of þee myne eire.

c1400 Test. Love (1560) ii. 287/1 The good were weived and put out of espoire of the knot.

c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 2671 And asked him with gude espaire.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 9 The..foundement, vpon whiche my total espoyr & hope resteth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	espeire
释义	† espeireespoiren. Forms: Also Middle English espeir, espeyre, Middle English espaire, espoyrMiddle English aphetic speire. Etymology: < Old French espeire (feminine), espeir (masculine), modern French espoir, < esperer to hope. Compare Portuguese esper (masculine), Spanish espera feminine. Obsolete. Hope, expectation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] hightOE weenOE hopec1200 speir1303 espeire1393 esperancec1430 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 211 To putten Rome in full espeire [v.r. espeyre]. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 33 And as the plover doth of aire, I live and am in good espeire. c1400 St. Alexius (Laud 622) 1030 To þi comyng was al my speire, To haue ymade of þee myne eire. c1400 Test. Love (1560) ii. 287/1 The good were weived and put out of espoire of the knot. c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 2671 And asked him with gude espaire. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 9 The..foundement, vpon whiche my total espoyr & hope resteth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1393
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