Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒuterer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒuterer n. Also utterer. |
| Etymology | From ǒutren v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An utterer; ~ of, a purveyor of (debased ingots); a publisher of (a declaration); a spreader of (envy).
Associated quotations
- (1428) Doc.in Sur.Soc.851 : Rumour sprang in the people, yat yar was in cite of York now makers and utterers of fals osmundes.
- c1475-a1600(a1473) Fortescue Declaration (Clermont)528 : It turneth all to the kings good, though the vtterer tharof ment not that it shuld haue doone soe.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)53/26 : Youre grette cheueteynes..as by olde auncetrye shulde be patrones of all wourship..nough be thei the shewers of pride and the outereres of enuye.