▪ I. † sourd, a. Obs.—0
[a. F. sourd, in the same sense:—L. surd-us surd a.]
Dim or dull.
| 1659 Howell Vocab. Terms, Arts & Sci. §xxvi, A sourd, or deaf Emerald, which hath a deadish lustre. |
▪ II. † sourd, v. Obs.
Also 4–6 sourde.
[ad. OF. sourdre (also mod.F.), sordre, surdre, = Pg. sordir, surdir, surgir, Sp. surgir, Prov. sorger, sorzer, It. sorgere:—L. surgĕre to rise. Cf. sourdre v.]
1. intr. Of conditions, events, etc.: To arise, take rise, spring or issue.
| c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶450 Now myghte men axe, wher-of that pride sourdeth and spryngeth. Ibid. ¶505 Somtyme grucchyng sourdeth of Enuye. 1399 Langl. R. Redeles Prol. 5 Sodeynly þer sourdid selcouþe þingis. c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. xcix. (1869) 53 But j telle thee that many erroures sourdeden sithe, and many harmes. 1474 Caxton Chesse 30 For this cause sourden batailles and discordes. 1483 ― Gold. Leg. 41/1 Rumour and grutchyng began to sourde and ryse betwene the herdmen of abram. 1531 Elyot Gov. i. ii, Wherby at the last should haue sourded dissencion amonge the people. 1567 Drant Horace, Ep. Arte Poet. A ij, And nouell words..shall better credit bringe, If sparinglye..they sourde from greekishe springe. |
2. Of fountains, etc.: To spring up, to issue from the ground.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xiv. xii. (1495) 473 Welle stremes sourden and moysten this hylle. 1480 Caxton Myrr. i. vi. 30 As a fontayn that contynuelly sourdeth and spryngeth. 1483 ― Gold. Leg. 96 b/1 A fontayne of water sourded and sprange up and quenchid it alle. 1606 Warner Alb. England xv. xcvii. (1612) 386 Is it probable his Staffe should make three furlongs flight Of selfe accord..and where as it did light Should sourd a plentious wel, not seen or heard of ere that night? |
| transf. 1596 Nashe Saffron Walden Wks. (Grosart) III. 95 Were the Nectar of his eloquence a thousand times more superabundant incessant sourding. |
3. Of persons: To be roused, to become angry. Hence † ˈsourding vbl. n. Obs.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 1000 But a Sourdyng with sourgrem sanke in his hert. Ibid. 1816 Sodenly he sourdit into soure greme. Ibid. 5051 While I se you in certain I sourde full of yre, And bolne at þe brest. |
▪ III. sourd(e
obs. forms of sord, sward.