Middle English Dictionary Entry
gerner n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gerner n. Also gernier, garner, gurner, garne & gernard, garnard & garnel & greiner. |
| Etymology | OF grenier, gernier, grainer. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A storeroom or storehouse for grain; also fig.; (b) a storehouse of any kind; also, a store, supply; (c) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)85 : Þet we moten bon of þe corne þe me scal don in to þe gernere, þet is, in to heuene.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)74a : Þe ȝeteward is wittes skile, þet ah to..don þe hweate i gernere.
- a1350 Of Rybaudȝ (Hrl 2253)16 : Gobelyn made is gerner of gromene mawe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)140/1 : Oure lhord ssel..þrawe þet chef in-to þe uere, and þet corn in-to þe greynere [Vices & V.(2): garner].
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)191/13 : He yarn to þe gerniere and al þet his moder hedde y-gadered..he hit yaf þe poure.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.593 : Wel koude he kepe a gerner [vrr. garner, berne] and a bynne.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)8.116 : Þe Foules in þe Firmament..Haue þei no gerner [vrr. garner, garnard, berne] to go to, ȝit God fynt hem Alle.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)250b/b : Whete..haþ þat name of tritura, threisshynge oþer tredynge, to haue most pure in to bernes oþer in to garneres.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5044 : Þai soght and son þe stiward fand At a garner [Göt: gerner; Frf: grange] soiurnand, þar he liuerance made of corn.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.321 : Þe kynges oste..mad lardere Of tounes & hamelesse, of granges & garner.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)31a/b : Granarium: idem or a gurner.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)47/128 : Corn here es noght sene Done in gerner or it be clene.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.4.83 : Theodoric..hadde his gerneeris ful of corn.
- (1439) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.517 : Also she shal hav..alle þe cornis in my berne & gerner.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)190 : Gernere, howse of corne kepynge: Granarium.
- a1450 Where-of is mad (Dgb 102)84 : To glotoun, þe garner wyd open make.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.33 : No man muste selle corne and bye Til þat þe kyng had solde vp his garnere.
- (1455) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1285 : That corne to be take and put yn the town garnell.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)70 : The garners in Rome shulde be alway furnisshed and stuffid withe greyn.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)187 : That same yere was a gernarde be-gon for pore pepylle of the contraye that myght nought utter hyr graynys.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)61/6 : Þow awe opyn þy garners and selers, & make opyn by þy kyngdom whete and oþer manere of cornes.
b
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5702 : Though he have gold in gerners yeten, For to be nedy he dredith sore.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6810 : But se what gold han usurers, And silver eke in garners!
- a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)304 : He is a fole that yn soche besynesse Wote not for hom he stuffeth his garneres.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)149 : Of merchauntz woderes that sellyn her woode out of taverne or out of gerner, her hostes moun no thyng takyn.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)195 : Of eche gerner of wood [F gerner de weyde], iiij d. Also of eche gerner of corne, onyouns, walnottes, and other such maner merchaundyse, in house or in shoppe, iiij d.
- (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.45111 : De iij garners ligneis, pro pane conservando.
- (a1500) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8562 : Every Burgese..may lawfully sell..yr ale yt commys owte of yr garnes.
c
- (1203) CRR(2) 346 : Robertus Gerner.
- (1272) Close R.Hen.III554 : Willelmus del Gerner.
- (1277) Close R.Edw.I416 : Robert Gerner.
- (1324) Court R.Lan.in LCRS 4157 : William del Gerner.
- (1334) Inquest Lan.in LCRS 7036 : Robert Gerner.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1440(?a1375) Abbey HG (Thrn)57/30 : Damesele Conande and Wysse þat es callede Meditacyone..es garnere; scho sall gedyre and sembyll gude whete.
Note: New sense & note
Note: gerner has only sense of a storeroom or storehouse for grain or any storehouse. Can this refer to a person? Cp. l. 22: Damesele Resone sall be puruerere; l. 24: Damesele Lewte sall be fermoresse. Vrr. cited in Yk.Wr.I (p.331): Gernerer, gerneter, maystresse of þe gerner. Or, this could be error for *garnerer?--per HWK