Middle English Dictionary Entry
banerer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | banerer n. Also bannerer, banrer. |
| Etymology | OF baner(i)er |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who bears a banner or standard; a standard-bearer in the van of battle; the standard-bearer of a lord; kinges ~, ~ of the dragoun (the egle).
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.243 : Talyfer..slowȝ þe banerer [vr. banyour; L vexilliferum] of Englisshemen þat cam aȝenst hym.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)12723 : Wiþ his banere he coom bifore..Ion as banerere of honour Coom þo bifore oure saueour.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)8717 : Ther baneres are wel hye lyffted; Euery a lord his baneroure Biddis him go before the stoure.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)13856 : Thanne was hervy of Ryvel the kynges banorer everidel.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)3681 : The king of kinges banerer he was.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)20a : How schal þe banerer ben defendid..þat..wiþ his lift hond holde his lordes baner.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)36b : Þe principal signe and baner..is þe banere of þe Egle, and ho þat beriþ þat baner is clepid þe banerer of þe Egle..drageneres or banereres of þe dragouns.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)348/16 : Ser William Darell, knyȝt, and banerrer of Scotland..and þe Kinges banerrer of Engelonde.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)378/24 : In þe name of Almyȝti God and Saynt George, avaunt banarer!
- c1453(c1437) Brut-1436 (Hrl 53)540/22 : William at Wode, the Kynges banerer, with oþer iiij banerers, and..Archers, hobelers, banerers, messagers and yemen of þe Kynges Chambre.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)925 : In euery Choors is a Dragoun Born by a Draconair or Banereer.
- ?c1475 *Trev.Nicod.(Sal 39)130b : 'We buþ payinyms,' seyde þe banererus [Add: baneours], 'and seruauntus of þe temples..we halde þe baners.'
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)1603 : Ȝonge Octouyan..Was banerrere of þat batayle.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)257/27 : God..sendyþe forþe Saynt Mychaell as [h]ys one banrer..he beryþe hys scheld and hys sygne of his armes þeryn.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)212/31 : Miȝhell is callyd the bannerer of Ihesu Crist, for he bereþ oueral the signe of victorie of Crist.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)116 : Than toke the kynge the dragon, and yaf it to Kay..that he be chef banerer [F maistres gonfanouniers] of the reame of logres.
2.
chef ~, ring-leader.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.93 : He þat was i-made cheef banerer [L signifer] of þis doynge..deied in þe myddes of þe drynkynge.