Middle English Dictionary Entry
dīnẹ̄̆r, diner n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dīnẹ̄̆r, diner n. Also dinar, dinier, dinner, deinere, denar, dener. |
| Etymology | OF disner, disnier, digner, diner. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The first big meal of the day (usually eaten at some time between nine A.M. and noon); also, a feast; (b) ~ time, the time for this meal; ~ whil, the time occupied by this meal; (c) after ~, after dinner; (at) after ~, (during) the period following dinner; bidden to ~, preien to ~, to invite (sb.) to dinner; comen to ~, come to dinner; fro (the) ~, from the dinner table; gon to ~, go to dinner; paien ~, pay for (someone's) dinner; setten to ~, set (oneself) down to dinner; sitten at ~, ben set to ~, sit at the dinner table, dine; to ~, went to dinner [quot. Malory]; to ~ ward, to dinner.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11682 : Sir simon þe ȝonge & is ost..nolde þanne wende a vot, ar hii dinede þere; þulke to diners, deluol were alas.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)2554 : Þeselue, & alle þine fere, þat wiþ þe ben togider here, þat ȝe come to him to þe dinere.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1443 : Hastily a masse was ther seyd..And to the dyner [vr. dener] faste they hem spedde.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7292-3 : As y haue tolde of rere sopers, Þe same falleþ of erly dyners; Dyners are oute of skyl and resun On þe Sunday, or hye messe be doun.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1559 : Then ruþes hym þe renk and ryses to þe masse, And siþen hor diner watz dyȝt and derely serued.
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.178/1195 : The ordenaunce of an dynere, with all þe percell þer-of, yn þe twesday þe Feste of þe decolacion of seynt John Baptist.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)4199 : Þe kinges dener wele was grayd.
- c1425(?a1400) Arthur (Lngl 55)133 : Arthour wolde of honour Hold a fest at Eestour..And feede alle hys frendess; And sende Messanger To kynges..to come to þis Dyner.
- a1456(a1426) Lydg.Mum.Hertford (Trin-C R.3.20)36 : With hungry stomake deed and paale of cheere, In hope to fynde redy his dynier.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Cock (Hrl 2255)139 : Whoo hath no dyneer, at leyser must abyde.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)382/28 : And þis holie man bade of his dener to evyn.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)34/4 : He wold make to theym dynnars and sopers.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)123/19 : He went and herd thre messes and sent his dynner to shipp.
- (1458) Doc.in Rec.B.Nottingham 2367 : Item, for þeyre denars be dyuers tymes, ij s.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)258/14 : So aftir that noone com the damesel unto hym with his dyner.
- a1475 Ordin.Househ.Grossetest (Sln 1986)216 : Commaunde ȝe that ȝoure almys..ne be wasted in soperys ne dyners of gromys.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.73ra : On an hye festful day of our Lord .. Thobye had a good dyner in hys hows.
b
- (1370) Doc.York in Sur.Soc.35181 : Yai sall noghte dwell fra yair werkes..natyme of ye yer in dyner tyme, bote swa schort tyme yat na skilful man sall fynde defaute in yaire dwellynge.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2881 : These Romeyns spekyn fast, al the dyner while.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)853/24 : He shall be with you to-morne by dyner tyme.
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.1094 : This emperour hath graunted..To come to dyner.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.1118 : This glade folk to dyner [vr. denere] they hem sette.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1445 : At after dyner [vr. And after dynere], daun Iohn..This chapman took a part.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.918 : At after dyner [vr. And after dener], gonne they to daunce.
- c1400 *PPl.C (Trin-C R.3.14)[13.28] f.38a : Þei wisshen & wypeden & wente to dyner [vr. to þe dyner].
- c1410(c1350) Gamelyn (Hrl 7334)645 : Vp þer sterten seuene fro þe dyner.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)155 : To come to dynere Vnto Osspryng and breke þer our faste.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1560 : She com to dyner.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1597 : The tyme com, fro dyner for to ryse.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)63/22 : Þei preyde þis worthy doctowr to dyner.
- (1445) LRed Bk.Bristol2.191 : That no mayster take ne admitte no man to a yeman..of lese then he be admitted ther to by hys mayster for the tyme and paye hys dyner as longeth therto.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)953 : As he to dyner on a day with dukes was sette, Comen renkes fram Rome.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)318/3 : So in þe mornyng, as þai satt at dener sho bad our [read: hur] doghter go wakyn hur husband.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)170 : Þey drowȝ to dyner ward, as it drew to noon.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4919 : Such personys as my executours wylle bydde to dyner.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)24/9 : On the morne they harde masse, and to dyner, and so to theire counceyle.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)6954 : Imayne att hur deynere satt.
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Associated quotations
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)33a/b : Iantaclium: a dinare.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)121 : Dyner: Jantaculum.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)36a : A Dyner: jantaculum, gentaculum.
- c1525 Rule & T.St.Francis(2) (Fst D.4)575 : They muste kepe sylence..bothe at the first dynare and at the iide. Also from Ester to the fest of the Exaltation of the Cros, after the iide dynare, after the frater belle be ronge tille the first pele be runge to none.