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matere
matere
Middle English
Noun
matere
- womb
- ante 1475: Ludus Coventriæ, XLI: “The Assumption of the Virgin”, lines 5–8
- At fourten yer sche conseyved Cryste in hire matere clere,
- And in the fiftene yer sche chyldyd, this avowe dare I;
- Here lyvyng wyth that swete sone thre and thretty yere,
- And after his deth in erthe xij. yer dede sche tary.
- At fourten yer sche conseyved Cryste in hire matere clere,
- ante 1475: Ludus Coventriæ, XLI: “The Assumption of the Virgin”, lines 5–8
Descendants
- English: mater