Middle English Dictionary Entry
rīder(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rīder(e n. Also (error) ridedere; pl. rider(e)s, (early SWM) rideren, riderne, ridearen. |
| Etymology | LOE rīder |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A horseman, one riding a horse; both ~ and goer, both those who go on horseback and those who go on foot, everyone; (b) a mounted warrior, knight; (c) a coin bearing the image of a knight; specif. 'a Burgundian gold coin struck between 1434 and 1465' [Hanham]; also, an equestrian statue; ~ gilder, gilders ~, 'the Rider of Guelders' [Hanham]' [cp. MDu. rider]; (d) a horseman guarding growing crops; (e) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.434 : God seith..'I wol confounde the rideres of swiche horses.'
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)22015 : Þat prophet mas o þus his nam: 'Dane..neder in strete, Waitand hors to stang in fete To do þe rider fall bi þe wai.'
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)11.211 : Now is religioun a ridere [vr. ridedere] and a rennere aboute.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2313 : If that thou good ridere be, Prike gladly, that men may se.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)433 : Rydare, horsman: Equester.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)133/26 : See yondre a rydar, that makes vs a signe of callyng.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)47/62 : The envyous people..ben redy, both ryder and goer, to scorne..this leude book.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)796 : Suard hefde to i-feren þreo hundred ridearen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4297,4299 : Iulius hæfde to iueren þritti hundred riderne, cnihtes i-corene..& Androgeus..ten þusend rideren.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.14.23 : Þe Egipciens pursueyng ȝeden inne after hem & all þe horsyng of pharao, his charis & his riders.
- a1450 Bevis (Cai 175/96)90/1746 : He took hys scheeld & hys spere, As itsemyd a good rydere.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1054 : Þar he fande bot fewe þat felly withstude, Na ridars in þa regions, ne rebell bot littill.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)601 : Eek tourmys of ryderys Sumtyme journeyed on foote in haste.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)306 : Tho olyuer hym brouȝt a spere, As good as any man myȝt bere In feld to batayle; kyng, knyȝt, ere [read: or] any ryder Myȝt it ful wel were hys enymye to assayle.
c
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)2 : These be þe chapeteres of þe first part..Of þe hors of brasse and þe ryder þat stant at laterane: xiii.
- 1479 Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/28)56/45 (p.53) : An Gyldars rydar, iij s. vj d.
- 1482 Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/106)151/56 (p.139) : xxxj rydars Gyll. iij s. x d. le pese, v li. sviij s. x d. Fl.
- 1482 Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/140)187/24 (p.172) : Thes be the goldys and whyte mony that ffollowyth that ys apoynttyd ffor the payment, as they were corrant affore the Doches dyedd: .. the Andreus gyldern at iiij s. vj d.; the Ryder at v s. viij d.; the Gylhellmus at iiij s.; the salew at v s. vj d. (and ij or iij oder goldys affter þe same rate) .. and as ffor any oder goldys and oder syluer, they wyll non.
- 1482 Let.Cely (PRO S.C.1 53/151)196/35 (p.180) : vj Rydars vj s. iiij d., xxxviiij s.
- c1500 Money Coins MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)1.419 : The Rider gilder is worth ij s. vj d..The Rider of Andwarp, iiij s. v d. The Rider of Braban, vij s. v d. The Rider of Holond, iiij s. v d.
d
- (1424) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.7 : [Five guardians, two] ryders [and three] pynders..[seven guardians, four on horseback called] ryders [and three on foot called] pynders [to guard the fields of Barton for protection of the corn therein growing].
e
- (1208) Assize R.Yks.in YASRS 4430 : John le Rider.
- (1265) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)1.198 : William Rydere.
- (1275) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms73 : Ad. le Rydare.
- (1311) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms72 : Rob. le Ryder, cossur.
- (1327) Sub.R.Stf.in WSAS 7238 : Galfridus le Rideres mon.
- (1401) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms73 : Joh. Rydere.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1479) Papers Cely in Camd.ser.3.120 : An gylden rydar, iij s. vj d., Item, ij docates.
Note: Supplemental material for (c). 'gilden ~' apparently = '~ gilder'