Middle English Dictionary Entry
letrǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | letrǒun n. Also letrune, -rone, lettrun, -ron, -rine, leterun, -eron, letteroun, -eron, lettorne, -urne, -erne, letirn, leiterne & lectroun, -run, -ron(e, -rine, lectorn(e & (errors) lecture, letton. |
| Etymology | OF letrin, -run, -ron, leitrun, (rare) lectrum & ML lectrum & lecternum & lectrinum, -erinium, (rare) letrinum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A reading desk; esp. a church lectern; (b) fig. a source of lies; (c) ~ cloth, an ornamental cloth covering for a lectern.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 In a Chirche (Vrn)18 : In selk þat comeli clerk was clad, And ouer a lettorne [vr. letterne] leoned he.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)16/6 : And nym þre lescuns, red o-pon þe lettrun, & by-tuixe þe lescuns þre respuns.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)37a/a : Lectrum: a pulput or a lettron [vr. lectroun].
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)648/27 : Hic ambo, Anglice, letrune.
- (?1438) Will York in Sur.Soc.4594 : De j letteron de prewce, xij d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)299 : Leterone, or lectorne [Win: Leteron or letervn; Phil: letrone or lectrun; KC: lectrone], deske: Lectrinum, lectorium, pluteum.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)407 : Þe chirche reserueþ oþere prophecies to be rad and herde as lessons at lectorn or in þe pulpit of þe queer.
- (1447) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 11117 : Item, ij steyned clothes for the lectornes, oon wt an ymage of oure lady & the other of Seynt Katrin, of ye gift of Isabell Elys.
- (1448) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1349 : Item, A lettryne for a massboke.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1006 : Ny of non other I speke no worde Bot of þe mayden þat red þe lessone, For at þe lectron a mayde satte.
- (1466) Rec.St.Stephen in Archaeol.5042 : Item, j cloth for the lecture of grene and yollowe sylke.
- (1474-5) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum18 : Item, of the Gift of the Bochers for grounds to her Stallys with oute the letton, ij s.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.447 : This duke..putte his gloves on a lectryne whiles he prayede.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)73a : A letteron: Ambo, Discus, lectrinum, orcestra [Monson: arcistria].
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)721/2 : Hoc lectrinum: a letyrn.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)107/17 : Inuitatori & þe last Respons & Alleluia in þe masse schal alle wey be songe of II sustris at þe lectroun in myddes of þe Quere.
- a1500 Tundale (Adv 19.3.1)1875 : Lectornes [vr. Letturnes] he saw befor hem stande Of gold, and bokys on hem lyggande And all the lettornes that he saw thare Wer made of gold, bothe lasse and mare.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)757/1 : Hoc lectrinium, Hic ambo: a leyterne.
b
- (1402) Topias (Dgb 41)p.78 : Thi tonge is letteroun of lyes.
c
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.168 : [A] lectron clothe, [2] auterclothes.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)172 : [A] lectronclothe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)559/5 : Andiuia: letrun, þuȝeþistel.
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