Middle English Dictionary Entry
balingēr n.
Entry Info
Forms | balingēr n. Also ballinger, bal(l)enger, balanger, -gar. |
Etymology | AF; cp. OF balingue beacon at sea, buoy. See E. Weekley, MLR 6 (1911).471. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A small fast naval vessel; ~ of werre; (b) a sailor on such a vessel.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1342) Close R.Edw.III545 : [A barge called] Balynger [of Dertemuth. ]
- [ (1377) in Rymer's Foedera (1816-69)4.24a : Certæ parvæ bargeæ, vocatæ Balyngeres..ad unam parvam bargeam competentem, vocatam Balingere, cum remis. ]
- [ (1377) RParl.3.17a : De faire Vesseux pur la Guerre, appellez Balyngers, en defens du Roialme. ]
- (c1421) Let.in Ellis Orig.Let.ser.3.172 : A Cedule contenyng ye names of certein Maistres for owr owne grete shippes, carrakes, barges, and balyngers.
- (c1441) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xxxviii : The seide schipp and godes..were taken by iij balyngers of werre of the Counte of Cornewayll.
- (1442) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2214 : No comfort commeth, not so much..as oon balanger, to revive their herts.
- (1442) RParl.5.59b : Every grete Shippe most have attendyng opon hym a Barge and a Balynger..Balyngers most have in eche of hem xl men.
- (1443) Proc.Privy C.5.301 : Þat a balinger in all spedy haste be sent..ascertaignyng þeim þat with oute delay þei shal have vitaille & refresshing.
- (1445) LRed Bk.Bristol2.186 : Euery maistere of Ship, Barge, Balinger, other Spynace longyng to the seide Porte.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)5928 : Sone gat he hym mariners, Wiþ schipes, barges, & balyngers [Petyt: coggers].
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)116a : A werriour mote lede an oost by watere in smale & light vesselles, as galeies, barges, fluynus & balyngeres, þe whiche moste haue wynde mesurable & esy see; for suche vesselles in wyntertyme þe see is forboden.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)113/2 : A litle balanger to feche and make redy all the othre shippes.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)133/18 : The wynde fell all calme, and Ponthus toke twoo litle ballengers and thre scoore fellowes with hym and began to rowe.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2658 : Euery grete liburne a balynger Hath had, and that a scafe exploratory Was named, for to aspie fer & neer; Of oorys hadde thei not but oon story.
- (1460) Let.Warw.in EHR 37545 : My lorde Vervyke sent into þe see diuerse Caruelles and balyngers of varr, and afor donkyrke þei mette wt iij ffrench Schippes of ver.
- (1463) Acc.Howard in RC 57194 : John More, my balynger master.
- (1466) Acc.Howard in RC 57212 : My mastyr sent fro Stoke to Hew Candy ij C of oken borde for the new balynger.
b
- c1453(c1437) Brut-1436 (Hrl 53)541/6,36 : Þe nombre of maryners, bargers and balyngers and vitailers, xvj Ml..maisteres of shippes..maryners..bargers, balyngers.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1443) in Salzman Building in Engl.350 : [When Sir John Fastolf was building his castle in Norfolk he received, in 1443, a grant..of two ships called] playtes, [a] cogship, [a ship called a] farecost, [and two] balingers.
Note: Additional quote(s) sense (a).