nedlere - Middle English Compendium

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Middle English Dictionary Entry

nẹ̄dlere n.

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Entry Info

Forms	nẹ̄dlere n. Also neidlere, nadler & neildere, neldere.
Etymology	Prob. OE. Cp. nẹ̄dle n.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

(a) A maker of needles; (b) in surnames and names of streets.

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Associated quotations

a

c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)5.161 : Hikke þe hakeney mon and Hogge þe neldere [vr. nedelere; B: nedeler]..Ȝiue þe Gloton with good wille good ale to honsel.

b

(1275) in Fransson Surn.148 : Ph. Le Nedlere.
(1275) in Sundby Dial.Wor.214 : Neldare. Le Neldere. Nedlerstrete.
(1281) Hundred R.Tower 2663 : Reginald. le Nedlere.
(1292) Rec.Norwich 215 : Nedlererowe. Nedelererowe.
(1299) in Sundby Dial.Wor.214 : Nelderstrete. Neylderestrete.
(c1311) Rec.Norwich 1379 : Joh. le Nedelere de Stratton.
(1313) Sub.R.Glo.(1) in BGAS 19248 : Bartholomeus le Neldare.
(1319) in Fransson Surn.148 : Rob. le Neidlere.
(1327) in Fransson Surn.148 : Rob. le Nadler'.
(1332) Name in LuSE 3555 : Le Nedeler.
(1400-1) in Ekwall Street-Names Lond.116 : Nedlerslane.
(1403) in Ekwall Street-Names Lond.116 : Nedelerslane.