Middle English Dictionary Entry
ac(c)ǒuntǒur, -ere n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ac(c)ǒuntǒur, -ere n. Also accomptour. |
| Etymology | AF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who keeps accounts; (b) a writer, a historian.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5408 : As for lordynges cunseylours, wykked legystrys, or fals a-countours.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)16a/b : Compotista: acountere..rekenere.
- c1440 Chaucer CT.Prol.(Lchf 29)A.359 : Accomptour [crit.ed.: A shirreue hadde he been and a countour].
b
- c1400 Wycl.LAChurch [OD col.] (Dub 244)p.xxvi : Eusebi, Bede, and Haymound, most preued of acounteris or talkeris.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 *Lordyngis leue (Bod 48)92/373 : And þese acountours ate bench þat stondet ate barre, Þey wil begile þe in þyn hond, but ȝif þou be þe warre.
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