Middle English Dictionary Entry
rērer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rērer n. |
| Etymology | From rēren v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who awakens someone; (b) one who evokes (spirits, the devil); (c) one who sustains someone, an upholder.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Judith 14.9 : Thei..weren..makende noise for ende to reren hym..that not of the rereres [vr. arereris; WB(2): reiseris; L excitantibus] but of the noise makeris Olofernes shulde waken.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Deut.18.11 : Ne be þer cleper of deuylys ne enchaunter, ne conseile he rerers of dede men [L pythones] ne dyuynors.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)132/20 : In þis chirche ben..enchauntours, arioleris, charmours, & rerars of þe deuel.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings 22.3 : I schal hopen in hym, Mi scheeld & þe horn of myn helþe, my rerer [WB(2): reisere; vr. upreiser; L elevator] & my refute.