Middle English Dictionary Entry
pīnere n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pīnere n. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A tormentor, torturer.
Associated quotations
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)17/26 : Ðanne clepeð he his pineres, and hat hem me nemen, and bindem me.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)75/11 : Ðarhwile ðe ðu art mid þine wiðerwine on ða weiȝe, bie him teiþinde ðat ðe he wile hauen idon, læste he ðe nime and betæche ðe ðe crauiere, and he seððen betache ðe ðe pineres and ðe cwelleres!