Middle English Dictionary Entry
prīser(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prīser(e n. |
| Etymology | From prīsen v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who sets a price, an appraiser.
Associated quotations
- (1424) Let.Bk.Lond.I (Gldh LetBk I)292 : And that tailes anon be made in presens of constables and prisers bitwene the purveours and hem of whom the gode shal be take.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)413 : Prysare, or settar at price, yn a merket or oþer placys: Metaxarius.