Middle English Dictionary Entry
manē̆r n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | manē̆r n.(1) Also manar, manir & manour, manor, manoir, manair. |
| Etymology | AF maner & CF manoir. Also cp. ML manērium (prob. from AF). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A manorial estate, consisting of a manor house, service buildings, lands, etc.; (b) ?a field; (c) a stronghold.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)524 : Ich hote ov euerechone þat ȝe beon þat ilke dai At mi maner at Clarindone.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6991 : Þe king þo, mid gode herte, deliuery het anon Boþe quene & bissop hor maners echon.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10194 : Þe king þo, as vor wraþþe wod, let nime in is hond Alle þe erchebissopes god..Maners & oþer þing.
- (1399) RParl.3.452a : And that all the Patentes..of thes Names, Castels, Maners, Lordesships..be ȝolden uppe into the Chauncellerie.
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.59 : The for seyd ȝeurl hadde in Cornwaylle the castel of Trematoun..the manour of Calstoke with hys portenances..the burgh of Lostwythyel with the purtenaunce..the manoir of Penkneth wyth the purtenaunce.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.308 : Ac now is religioun a ryder..A priker on a palfray fro manere to manere, An heep of houndes at his ers, as he a lorde were.
- (1411) EEWills19/35 : Y wille þat William myn son haue þe maner of Chale.
- (1417) MSS Penshurst in HMC1.205 : I will that same manoirs of Hederset and Wodethorp. be delyvered to..the heir of William, my son.
- (1422) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.61 : The sone of Eadmond Clopton sente aftyr me in to his manyr of Newenham in Asschedon.
- (1423) Pet.Sutton in Fenland NQ 7307 : The pore tenaunts..be grevyd and chargyd with the ferme of v wyndmylles sumtyme longyng to the maner of Sutton.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 28.7 : In þo places wore þe maners [L prædia] of þo prince of þat ile.
- (1430) Indent.Colchester in RC 131410 : Thomas Knevet of Stanewey esquyr entered..in to certeyn londes, meduwes, wodes, and pastures with all the appurtenaunces..claymyng the seide londes with all the appurtenaunces by eschete as parcell of hys maner called Stanewey halle.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.6148 : Off al such thyng thou takest litil heede, Nor off that peeple that maneres do purchace.
- (?1440) Contract in OSSLH 4181 : Þe seid suppliant shulde have all þe cornes growyng on þe same manoir frely.
- (a1447) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29app.242 : Ye maner and the toun of Hilton ys of and withyn the paresche of Monkwermouth.
- (1448) Doc.in Sundby Dial.Wor.(Eg Charter 608)254 : The enffeffeis..Shullen enffeffe and make lauful estaste..to the seid John and Kateryn of the seid maner of Tymberlacke.
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1378 : I wol that my seid College of Cambrige..perceyue yerely of the issues..comyng of the said Castellis, lordsheppis, Manoirs, landes, tenements, [etc.].
- (1449) Will York in Sur.Soc.30156 : That all other maners, landes, and tenementes in the which thei arn infeffid..may be evenly departed.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)400 : The grete maners, castellis, and court placis, and the grete lordschipis of barunries..weren ȝouun summe to bischopis..summe to collegis.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)373 : Wendes before..To my maneres in þe way.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)33/7 : Þe grete [thieves] beþ þes fals bailies and seriauntes of maneres.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.27/14 : In all my maners, pasture for þere owne oxon & þere shepe and hogges commune with myne.
- (c1465) Cart.Tropenell in BGAS 23200 : These ben..mean estates..of all inheritours, purchasours and occupiers of the manor of Estchaldefeld.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)147/24-6 : Woll I that ye geff unto youre brother all the hole maner with the apportenaunce undir this fourme, that sir Outelake holde the maner of you and yerely to gyff you a palfrey to ryde uppon.
- (1470) RParl.in OHS 5864 : The manere of Tileshide, some tyme parcell of the Abbey of Caen, with all the appurtenaunces of the Manere of parsonage of Felstede..all the same Priorye Maners, parsonages, soyle, grownde, and wodys, [etc.].
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)133 : His estate in grete lordshippes, maneres, ffee ffermys, and such other demaynes.
- a1500(a1400) Cleges (Adv 19.1.11)62 : His maners he ded to wede sett.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 4.5 : Jhesu cam in to a citee of Samarie..bisydis the manere of feeld [WB(2): place; L prædium], that Jacob ȝaf to Joseph.
c
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)1029 : Þenne helde vch sware of þis manayre Twelue forlonge space.
2.
The mansion of a manorial estate, a manor house; ~ place; ~ yerd.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)2044 : Oþur he schal ouwer londes aboute and ower maneres maken wel bare.
- c1300 SLeg.Kenelm (LdMisc 108)198 : A-boute heo sende a-non For-to saisi alle his londes to hire, and þe maneres euerech-on.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)10231 : Þe bissop of eli & þe king sone wende To a maner þer biside.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)27/588 : Þe knyȝt in þe mede hadde o maner, Al biclosed wiȝ o riuer, Of chaumbres and of hegȝe halle Of old werk.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)24/32 : Þe ilke þet is zuo heȝe arise ine prosperite þengþ. to his uayre maneres.
- c1390 Disp.Christian & J.(Vrn)155 : Þei fond a maner þat was meete..Wiþ halles heiȝe vppon loft.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)6.73 : Þanne shalt þou come to a court..Þe mot is of mercy, þe Maner [B: manere, Manoir] al aboute.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)918 : Haf ȝe no wonez in castel-walle, Ne maner þer ȝe may mete and won?
- c1425 Liber de Hyda in RS 4587 : Fro the forde to mydward of Werdhangyr..fro thennys to the manere [OE gemot hus], thanne ovyr Rwdune ayen to Haflync.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)95/6 : Of þir redez, þai make þare houses and maneres and schippez.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4310 : And Arthure he lyghttes, Merkes to a manere there, for myghte he no forthire.
- (1443) Will York in Sur.Soc.3089 : My chefe maner place and iiijor oxgange of land langing therto.
- 1448 Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58)484 : In Septembre was bore to the kyng a sone, cleped Richarde, atte Oxenforde, in his manoire, wher is now the White freres.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)170 : They ryde aboute with hauk & eek with houndys; He shewith hym maneers, castellis, and eek tours.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)7431 : Þe kyng gaf Hengist faire maners [F manoirs].
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)140/24 : It happed he come late vnto the manoyre and place of one of his neces.
- (1465) Paston (Gairdner)4.169 : Sum of hem, havyng rusty pollexis and byllys, comyn in to the maner yard to kepe the courte.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)138/32 : He kepith frome hym a full fayre maner and a rych.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)77a : A Maner place, vbi Manare.
- a1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)1091 : The kyng soyournyd in that tyde At a maner there besyde.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)414 : He sawe a litill be-side a fayre manere, and mette a man, and asked if any man dwelled there.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)309 : She was..the daughter of a vauasour, a grete Gentilman, that was at a manoir ther-ynne.
- a1500 Tax has tenet (Dgb 196)21 : Maners down þey drowght..Harmes they dyde y-nowght.
3.
Fig. An abode, a dwelling place.
Associated quotations
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)10.15 : Sire dowel dwelliþ. In a castel..Kynde haþ closid þereinne..A lemman..Anima..Þus dowel & dobet & dobest þe þridde Beþ maistris of þis maner [vr. manoire] þis maide to kepe.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)1004 : Trouthe hymself..Had chose hys maner principal In hir, that was his restyng place.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)98/2939 : An auncient oold manar Wherin long y had in childhod lay, Which callid is the castelle of no care.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)204/6086 : Go thou þi way, logge in þe fresshe manar Of the body of hir so ingoodly Alway to dwelle, þough y be here or whare.
4.
In place names.
Associated quotations
- (1401) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.81 : [William Marmyon, knight, was seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Billingborough called] Gravenemaner.
- (1412) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.237 : [The same licensees have narrowed the king's highway called] Oldmanerlane [in Mutford, which leads from the church to] Northwodeheyth.
- (1426) EEWills70/12 : I woll þat þe maner icalled Piriesmaner be sold.
- (1436) Cart.Ramsey in RS 79.3189 : Electus fuit dominus Johannes Stow in abbatem..perquisitum fuit manerium vocatum le Moynes Maner.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)6316 : The Fyfthe povne…Y-called was Port and Manere.
Note: Postdates sense 4.