deler - Middle English Compendium

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dǣlere

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Middle English Dictionary Entry

dēler n.

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Entry Info

Forms	dēler n. Also delare.
Etymology	OE dǣlere

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

(a) One who divides or distributes; (b) a giver; almesse ~, one who gives alms; (c) ~ with males, a homosexual.

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a

c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)540/3 : Di(uiso)r: delare.
(a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)8/2 : Crist was nouȝt juge & deler ouer temporalte.
(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)117 : Delare, or he þat delythe: Distributor, partitor.

b

(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)117 : Delare, or grete almysse yevere: Rogatorius.
(c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)257 : Oure maker, oure keper, of alle oure godis natural, graciose and gloriose to vs a ȝeuer and a deler.
c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)394/29 : I was..a grete almos-deler.

c

a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)1 Cor.6.9 : For neyþer fornicatourys..nor delares with malys [L masculorum concubitores]..schal hafe þe kyngdam of god.