Middle English Dictionary Entry
mē̆ndere n.
Entry Info
| Forms | mē̆ndere n. |
| Etymology | From mē̆nden . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who corrects what is wrong; a guide in moral matters; (b) a repairer.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Wisd.7.15 : God..is duke of wisdam & þe mendere [WB(2): amendere; L emendator] of wise men.
- c1390 Heil be þow Marie Moodur (Vrn)52 : Heil mender of eueri monnes mynde.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)234/22 : If thou a-lone knewe that thi brothire synnede and thou reproue hym be-for al men, thou art not amendere, a correctour, bot a traytour an opyn sclaunderere.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)364/252 : Heyl..mendere of mys.
b
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)9b/b : Bybleus: a mender of bokes.