Middle English Dictionary Entry
fitheler(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fitheler(e n. Also fideler, feþeler, fedeler(e, vythulare. |
| Etymology | OE fiþelere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who plays a stringed instrument, esp. a viol, for entertainment; a minstrel; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 Horn (LdMisc 108)1521 : Harperes, Jogelours, and fiþeleres.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)6557 : Þer were trumpes & fiþelers & stinours & tabourers.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52109/13 : Item iijbus fithelers facientibus ministralciam suam coram domino.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.92 : To fare as a fitheler or a frere for to seke festes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)159 : Fydelare: Fidicen, vitulator.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)4031 : He was þe best of ffythelers, Of iogelours & of sangesters.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)619 : Vidularius: a vythulare.
- (1463) Acc.Howard in RC 57230 : Item, govyn to a federler the sayd day at nyte iiij d.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)47a : A Fidiller: fidulista, vidulista.
- c1450(?a1400) Chestre Launfal (Clg A.2)668 : Þey hadde menstrales of moch honours, Fydelers, sytolyrs, and trompours.
- -?-(1345) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96 : Henricus le Marechall, fitheler.
b
- (c1280) Sub.R.Wor.in Wor.HS (1893)96 : De Johanne le Fithelare.
- (1346) Feudal Aids 560 : Johannes Fitheler.
- (1428) Feudal Aids 6313 : Johannes Fedeler.