Middle English Dictionary Entry
nāperī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | nāperī(e n. Also napri(e, naparie, napperie & nāperẹ̄, nāprẹ̄. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Linen; sheets, tablecloths, napkins, etc.; also, the place where the linens are kept [see (b)]; ~ linen; (b) in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1349-50) Sacrist R.Ely 2144 : Pro le napperie in ospicio, 2 s.
- (1352-3) Sacrist R.Ely 2155 : Item, lotrici abluenti le naperye in officio, 2 s.
- (1398) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.172 : [63 pieces of] naperie [of 2 patterns].
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.48 : Napre [worth 20 s.].
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)75 : Wyth a cloth keuere þe heyȝhe table..And þe secunde also keuere Wyþ whyt naperie [F blaunche nape] ȝyf ȝe haue.
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)47 : Item, iij brewers of plain cloith, all þe shetes and naperie lynne marked with C.
- (1418) EEWills32/22 : I bequethe to Ionet my wyfe..all my beddynge & naperie.
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.180/1251 : Item, for washynge of naperie, vj d.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)165/25 : Whan þei han eten, þei wypen hire hondes vpon hire skirtes, for þei vse non naperye ne towaylles but ȝif it be before grete lordes.
- (1425) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.186/1437 : For wasshynge of naprie.
- (1428) Acc.St.Mary Stamford (Vsp A.24)180 : Et pro locatione naparie & manutergium, v d.
- (1428) EEWills78/24 : I wil that the same Henry haue..kuppes of siluer, peuder pottes, Naapri.
- (1443-4) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)283 : Also, payd to John Kyrkeby mercer for lynen cloth for naperie for the hey tabyl and towaylis for the seyd tabliss for wassing and hemmyng, xliij s. viij d.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30112 : I wil she have..ij best sute of naprie.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)5836 : He fonde..Of wex and napery full fayre aray.
- (1453) Will York in Sur.Soc.30189 : Item, of naperye and shetis as mich as is necessarie for hir.
- (1466) Paston (Gairdner)4.227 : For wasshyng of napry, xii d.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)2225 : They..dyden ek ther bysy cure To leyn..boordys..With napry ful couenable.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)642 : An euwere in halle þere nedys to be, And chandelew shalle haue and alle napere.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)61 : Good son, loke þat þy napery be soote & also feyre & clene, bordclothe, towelle, & napkyn, foldyn alle bydene.
- a1486(a1460) Coron.Kings Eng.in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)54 : Also, ser Nicholl hastyng schall serve that day the kynge of Naperye.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)434 : Mo veyn þingis þan we kunnen rikene, as ben diȝschis & coupis of siluer & oþer vessel, and costly naprye.
b
- (1268) Pat.R.Hen.III250 : Walter de la Naperye.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)24 : Consideryng also the reparations of napery, vesselles, and other stuffe, this must cause her comyn diette to be the more, for the high estate of her proper person.
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