Middle English Dictionary Entry
ginner n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | ginner n.(1) |
| Etymology | From ginnen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Beginner, source; (b) ?beginning.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1400 Chaucer Bo.(Add 10340)5.pr.1.[52] : Þei ne vndirstoden ne moeueden it nauȝt by god, prince and gynner of wirkyng.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6447 : Gynner and ground..And final cause of oure destruccioun!
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)402 : Love is gynnere and ground of al my striff.
b
- c1430 Chaucer LGW (Cmb Gg.4.27)1231 : This was the ferste morwe Of hire gladnesse & gynnere [Frf: gynnynge] of hire sorwe.