Middle English Dictionary Entry
renter(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | renter(e n. |
| Etymology | From rent(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A dwelling place for which rent is paid, a tenement; (b) one who collects rent, a landlord; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1429) J.Boys in Nrf.Archaeol.15149 : Ye munday..we leddyn sond and marle al day to here renteris in Holme strete.
- (1429) J.Boys in Nrf.Archaeol.15150 : Ye next munday..after none ocupyid to here renteris in Holme strete in ledyng of sond and cley.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)489 : Tenement, or rentere: Tenementum.
- (1466) Doc.in HMC Rep.9 App.1230a : I wyll that Amy Blake my sustyr shall haue fre dwellyng terrme of hyr lyf in sum renter of myn.
b
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)34/110 : Some of hem token money for thy chambre and putte tho pens in his purse, unwetinge of the renter.
c
- (1285) Pat.R.Edw.I194 : Richard le Renter.
- (1319) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms45 : Gilb. le Renter.
- (1344) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms45 : Barth. le Renter.