Middle English Dictionary Entry
ērere n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ērere n. Also erier. |
| Etymology | From ēr(i)en . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A plowman.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.28.24 : Whether al day shal ere the erere, that he sowe.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)7a : Arator: an errer.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)141 : Eryar of londe: Arator, glebo, georgicus.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.64vb : He shal take your sones & .. shal ordeyne of them trybunes and centuryons, erers and tylyers [L (Vulg. 1 Sam.8.12): aratores] of his feldes & mowars & repers of his corn.