Middle English Dictionary Entry
runker n.
Entry Info
| Forms | runker n. |
| Etymology | From runken v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. rouker(e n.
1.
One who speaks in a secretive way, or behind others' backs.
Associated quotations
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)376/299 : Yit of thise kyrkchaterars here ar a menee, Of barganars and okerars and lufars of symonee, Of runkers and rowners, god castys thaym out, trulee, ffrom his temple, all sich mysdoers.