Middle English Dictionary Entry
croniclẹ̄r n.
Entry Info
| Forms | croniclẹ̄r n. Also cronicaler, croniculer. |
| Etymology | From croniclen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A writer of chronicles; (b) ?a chronicle.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.246 : Of Troye also, þat was of latter ȝeres, By dillygence of cronycleris Ȝe may beholde in her wrytyng wel The stryfe, the werre, þe sege and euerydel.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)104 : Cronyclere: Cronicus, historicus [KC: historiagraphus].
- c1440 ?Lydg.Charters (Add 14848)217 : Which libertes mor stably for to grownde, as cronyclerys wel reherse kan.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)948 : The secunde yer of the forseyd pope Sergye..As be cronyculers I vndyrgrope, Fel a ful greuows dissencyoun.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)322 : An other cronicler seith in sentence thus.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)3 : Ther was a cronicaler in elde tyme whech þei called Estodius.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)157 : Summe croniculeris write þat boneface set þis feest.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)6 : Of this ȝere..be dyvers opioniones amongis these Croniculeris.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Guy (LdMisc 683)3 : Kyng Ethelstan, as seith the Cronycleer [rime: yeer], Regnyng that tyme in Brutys Albyoun.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.KEng.(1) (Hrl 372)112 : William..Bar his crown ful xxj yeer, Buried at Cane, thus seith þe cronycleer [vrr. croneculere, croneklere].
b
- c1460 Chaucer CT.NP.(NC 314)B.4398 : Croniculer [Heng: He in a Cronycle..myghte it write].