Middle English Dictionary Entry
dweller n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dweller n. |
| Etymology | From dwellen . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A resident, inhabitant, dweller; ~ bi, one who lives nearby.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.4.20 : Iakel þat was fader of dwellers in tentez & of scheperdez.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.24.13 : Þe douters of þe dwellers [WB(2): enhabiters] of þis cyte.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.83 : It was long unknowen of þe dwellers in þe contray [Higd.(2): men þer by; L incolis].
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)42/19 : How þe dwellars þerynne [in the Temple] brooken his lawe.
- (1435) RParl.4.491a : They make come before theym a grete partie of the Dwellers and Communers of the said Shire.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)134 : Dwellare: Incola, mansionarius.
- (1449) Ordin.Tailors Lynn77 : Ye shal..make serche of your crafte of all dwellers within the toun att this time.
- a1450 Methodius(2) (Add 37049)105/22 : Al þe dwellers on erth er chastyd.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)123 : A fair cherch it is and a praty place..fer fro ony dwelleres half a myle on sum side.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)198 : The dwelleres of Bury risen ageyn the monkys.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)9/42 : Of this salt watur..þe dwellers-bye makyne fayre white salt.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)402/21 : He and his heires shold susteyn..the coveryng above the forsaid seld..lest the dwellers in hit toke harme.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)123 : It shalbe nescessarie..ffor the..sauynge off..the dwellers vppon owre costes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)40a : A Dweller: accola.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)185 : The Citee, wher-in was iiijml of dwellers.