Middle English Dictionary Entry
lether adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | lether adj. Also leder, ledder. |
| Etymology | OE leþer-, as in leþer-hose, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Consisting of leather, made of leather; (b) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- a1333 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Add 46919)857 : Lether cloutes [glossing AF (Cmb) sauners].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.3.21 : Þe lord god forsoþe made to adam & his wyf leþer cotez [WB(2): cootis of skynnys; L tunicas pelliceas] & cloþide hem.
- a1425 Gloss.Bibbesw.(AS 182)884 : Lether coddes [glossing AF (Cmb) osseles].
- a1450 PPl.A(1) (RwlPoet 137)5.110 : Leþer [Trin-C: a liþerene purs].
- (1464-5) Acc.Howard in RC 57483 : Item, the same day my master payd to Cumberton for a ledder potte, xvj d.
- (1467) Acc.Howard in RC 57422 : And I toke heme the same tyme xij d. fore a new leder pote.
b
- (1199) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.10225 : Ernulfus Letherhose.
- (1279) Hundred R.Tower 2695 : Joh. Letherhose.
- (1330-4) Surnames in Disc.24 : Alan lethermouth.