Middle English Dictionary Entry
pleiner(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pleiner(e n. Also pleinour, plainer & (error) plaine. |
| Etymology | From pleinen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A plaintiff in a lawsuit; (b) a murmurer, complainer; tale-bearer.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)39/23 : Ualse playneres..makeþ þe ualse bezechinges and zecheþ þe ualse demeres..and þe ualse wytnesses.
- c1430 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/2)p.85 : Þulke þre somaunces shulle be maked by þre dayes fulfuld..so þat pleynere [Win-Gldh 24: playntyf] to euerich court profre..wyþ þe same somaunce.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.115/12 : This is þe finall accorde i-made..Bitwene John, Abbot of Oseney, playner, and Roger of Seynte John.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)101/1 : A fynal acord I-made..bitwene Felice, Abbesse of Godestowe, pleyner..and Aleyne Basset, of sutis and customs.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)136/9 : Stephin, vicari of Framton, plaine [read:plainer], & þe abbas, defendaunt.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)330/13 : Þer was a finall concorde I-made in þe kingis courte..bitwene Iohn of bereworth, plainer, & Flandrine, abbas of Godestowe.
b
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)168/4 : Þes ben grucchers, pleiners, goinge aftur here desires; And here mouþ spekeþ pride, wondringe persones bi cause of weninge.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)60a/b : Sichofata [read: Sichofanta]: false pleynour.