Middle English Dictionary Entry
pisser(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pisser(e n. |
| Etymology | OF pissëor, pissier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who urinates; ~ to the wal, a male; (b) a soldier, ruffian.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 25.22 : Þese thyngis do þe lord to þe enemys of dauyd & þese thyngis adde if I schal leuyn..vn to þe morewetid a pissere [vr. pisser; L mingentem] to þe wal.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 25.34 : Þer schulde not han left to Naabal vn to þe morewetid liȝt a pissere to þe wal.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 9.8 : I schal destrooȝen al þe hous of Acab, & slen fro þe hous of Acab a pissere to þe wal.
b
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.218 : Proude prestes come with hym moo than a thousand, In paltokes & pyked shoes & pisseres [vrr. pisseris, pissers; C: pissares; vr. pisserus] longe knyues.