Middle English Dictionary Entry
ouner(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ouner(e n. Also ouener, honur, oȝener & auner(e, auener. |
| Etymology | From ouen v. Also cp. OE āgnere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The owner of properties, things, etc.; proprietor; also fig.; -- said of Satan as the owner of the keys of Hell; (b) the possessor of a certain kind of nose.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)37/34 : Zuych is þe zenne..of ham of religion þet byeþ oȝeneres.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.345 : Þinges þat were i-ȝeve to abbayes in olde tyme beeþ now more iwasted in glotenye and outrage of honures [vrr. ouners, owneres; Higd.(2): governoures; L possessorum].
- (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester10 : The owener schal payen for the godes.
- (1423-4) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)106/29 : I hadde þat dede deliuered be sire Simound hoke forseid, And þat forsaide Simound chargyng me to deliuer it þe avnere.
- (1433) RParl.4.426b : The saide Marchantz Deynsynnes, auners of the saide Marchandises..mowe shippe as moche Marchandie in value..in the same Port.
- (1442) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8518 : Alice Semer, neuly awner & possessor of said tenement of John of Bolton, swore, [etc.].
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)293 : Al þis worschip and worþines ouȝte be referrid into þee, god, as to þe verry ȝeuer and as þe verriest owner of þese same godis.
- (1450) RParl.5.202b : Diverse Ostillers..make the aweners of the said Horsys and Cartys therfore paye.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)138/27 : Take all my good & restore for me to þe ownerys.
- (1451) Pet.Hen.VI in Archaeol.Ael.n.s.3186 : The seid merchaunts denisins that were or shall be owners of the seid wolle..if thay bene off lyff..shall mowe shippe..in the same porte or portes.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)111a : O þow prynce sathan, awner [vr. ounnere] of þe keyes of helle, þou hast lost alle þy rightes þat þou gate in paradys.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4922 : I wylle the owener of my place pay eche yeer viij d. to the resurreccion gilde.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)170 : He schulde se these schippis and the godes be dylyvered onto the owneris.
- (c1465) Stonor1.68 : Doctor Bulkley..was awner off the reke.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)142 : Thai ben often tymes hanged ffor..stelynge off good in the absence off þe owner þeroff.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)398 : Schyplord, or owner [Hrl 221: owere] of the chype: Nauerchus.
- -?-(1435) Doc.in Power Craft Surg.311 : It is ordeined..that ech sich doere contente the owner of the cure to the valu of al the cure.
b
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)105/11 : Whos noose is thynne and sotill, his owener is full angry.