Middle English Dictionary Entry
giterner(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | giterner(e n. Also getirnere, githerner. |
| Etymology | From giterne . Cp. OF guiternëor. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A gittern-player; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)91 : Bot sytole-stryng & gyternere Her reken myrþe moȝt not retrete.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)693 fn. : Hic gigator: getyrnere.
- c1500 Cleges (Ashm 61)101 : Off trumpers, pypers, and nakerners, Off herpers, notys and gytherners.
- -?-(1404) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96107 : Hugo de Rammesay, gyterner.
b
- (1396) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms187 : Joh. Gyterner.
- a1525(?1435) Cov.Leet Bk.161 : Rad. Giterner.