Middle English Dictionary Entry
imner(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | imner(e n. Also h)impner, himpnare & (error) inner-. |
| Etymology | ML h)imnārium, himpnārium & OF hymnier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A hymnal, a hymnbook; ~ noted, a hymnal with musical notation; ~ werk, ?a collection of hymnbooks.
Associated quotations
- (1421) Doc.in Sur.Soc.4565 : j cista de prosewerke..j cista de innerwerke [?read: imnerwerke].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)259 : Imnere: Imnarium.
- (1455) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15146 : Item, j Ympner noted begynnyng with Conditur siderum, etc.
- (1458) Will York in Sur.Soc.30227 : Sir Thomas..praith his..executours that thai delyver to..William his son..an Hympner..lyggynge in his..closet.
- (1470) Will York in Sur.Soc.45185 : To the said Thomas..a Cowcher, a Messeboke, a Sawter wt an Ympner bounden to gedyr in oon boke.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)64a : An hympnare:..himpnarium.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)719 : Hic ymnerius: a ymner.
- ?a1500 Trin-C.LEDict.Suppl.(Trin-C O.5.4)589 : Imnale et Imnarium: an ymnere.