Middle English Dictionary Entry
scō̆lē̆r(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | scō̆lē̆r(e n. Also scolar(e, scollere, scolier, skoler(e, scholer. |
| Etymology | OE scolere (?scōlere), scoliere & OF escoler, escolier & ML scholāris, scolāris. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A student, learner; also, a reader [quot.: Wycl.Blasph.]; (b) a pupil at a school, schoolboy; (c) a student of a particular teacher; also fig.; (d) a student at a university or center for higher studies; also fig.; also, a student at an equivalent level during the classical period; (e) a member of a college within a university or similar endowed institution; also, a student residing in a university hall; (f) a learned man, wise man; (g) a follower of someone; an adherent of a sect.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)98/35 : Huo þet of þise clergye wyle conne be-come milde ase a child, uor to zuyche scolers tekþ oure guode mayster Iesu crist þise clergie.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)8.34 : Sette scoleris to scole or summe skynes craftis.
- c1400 Wycl.Blasph.(Bod 647)406 : Þei mot curse gramaryens þat Englishen þo gospel þat þo apostlis knewen Crist in brekyng of bred, for þei myght make hor scolers to trowe þat þo sacrament of þo auter were bodily bred.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6330 : Now am I maister, now scolere [F desciples].
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)180 : A redy, a good skolere, To holy ordres he hastith now.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)449 : Scolare: Scolaris.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Virtue (Hrl 2255)39 : The larke with song is Phebus massageer, A thryvyng scoler riht eerly to his book.
- a1475(c1450) Shirley SSecr.(Add 5467)281/3 : God..giveth habundantly to the wise and to the scolers and the studiantes konnyng and knawlege to that that is stronge and harde to nature and witte.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)63/15 : Do some auantage of good to hem þat profytabely studys þat þou gyf þerby ensample and manere to oþer scolers [Marmaduke: scoliers; L scolaribus] to study.
b
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.51 : A fraternite was begonne..of ȝonge scolers to mayntene and kepen an ymage of seynt Wylyam.
- (1402) Hoccl.Cupid (Hnt HM 744)211 : Ouyde in his book callid Remedie Of loue greet repreef of wommen writith..And þat book scolers lerne in hir childhede.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)641 : If any scolere in þe scole his skorne at him makis, He skapis him full skathely.
- c1450 Trin-C.Accedence (Trin-C O.5.4)38/289 : How many scolers be in the scole?
- c1450 Trin-C.Accedence (Trin-C O.5.4)38/314 : I here the mayster teche scolers; Audio magistrum docere scolares.
c
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(Hrl 2277)250 : Of redinge he hadde so gode grace þat menion to him drouȝ; His scolers þat ihurde of him gode men were ynouȝ.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)39/864 : Tel me þat cas Of þe scoler and of Ypocras.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)39/20 : Ine þis clergie heþ dame auarice uele scolers, and of clerkes and of leawede.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.195 : Pictagoras hadde þis manere..non of his scoleres [Higd.(2): disciples] schulde to fore þe seuenþe ȝere axe resoun noþer skile of his lore.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)64/172 : At Chartouse he tauȝte mony ȝeres Rethorike to his scholeres.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)221/3 : Þis womman was vndir þe cure of a ȝong man pat [read: þat] was my scoler.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)30/14 : Bot þen is þe vse iuel when it is swollen wiþ pride..& makeþ hem prees for to be holden..proude scolers of þe deuel & maysters of vanite & of falsheed.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)53/31 : Þe tauerne is þe deueles scole hous, for þere studieþ his disciples, and þere lerneþ his scolers.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)109/24 : Suche exscusacions þe feend haþ taught is skolers to defende þem in þer sowle pride.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)377/4 : Þer was ane þat held a skule of nygromancy, and his scolers on a tyme desyrid þer maister þat he wolde prufe þat befor þaim þat he taght þaim.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)46 : In thilke was first dame Nature my scoleer; There j tauhte hire and lerned hire noble craftes.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)87/10 : Aftir þis sche cam to Rome..and was þere in swech opinion þat sche had grete maistires to hir scoleres.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)3.7.53a : This be sothely disciples & scoleres of this wrechid olde, þat ful gladly study in hire lore & haue long tyme contynued hire scole.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)275/29 : Þe lest scoler of hors had byn wyse ynogh forto haue ouercome hyr.
d
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.260 : For ther he was nat lyk a cloystrer With a thredbare cope, as is a poure scoler [vr. scholer], But he was lyk a maister or a pope.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3190 : With hym ther was dwellynge a poure scoler [vr. scolier], Had lerned art, but al his fantasie Was turned for to lerne astrologye.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7999 : Þe fourþe sone was a scoler [F escoler]; To lerne more he dyde hys power.
- (a1402) Trev.DCur.(Hrl 1900)58/27 : Ȝet in my tyme in þe Vniuersite of Oxenford were þritty þousand scolers at ones, & now ben vnneþe sixe þousand.
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)30/13 : Bot þen is þe vse iuel when it..makeþ hem prees for to be holden not meek scolers & maystres of deuinite or of deuocion.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)88 : Summe werers of piliouns in scole of dyuynyte han scantli be worthi for to be in the same scole a good scoler.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)468/15 : Þer was a scoler of Paryssh & he had a dull witt and a forgettyll mynde.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)48 : J mynde me wel that thei ben grete, and that ther comen ynowe of studiauntes thider [Athens and Rome] and of scoleeres [F escoliers].
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)13/17 : For at Cartage both he [Augustine] and his disciples were lettid gretly with felauchip and reuel, and..at Rome was more liberte ȝoue on-to skoleres and more quiete þan was at Cartage.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)13/34-6 : Y make..þis present book..for ȝonge scolers in þe faculte of goddis lawe, or of þe dyuynyte in which alle cristen persoones owen to be scolers.
- (c1458) Let.Oxf.in OHS 36344 : It is a cordyde by þe sayd partyys..þt þese and no noþer enjouye þe privyleges of þe Universyte, þt is to say, the Chawnslere, al doctors, mastres, and oþer graduatis, al studientz, al scolars, and al clerkis dwellyng wythin the precinct of þe Universyte.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)5952 : Arystotyles answerede..They [Rome and Athens] be gret..And many scolerys ther a-byde.
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)18613 : This scole is nought..Whos doctryne is but cursydnesse; The scolers there-off, I holde hem wood.
e
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4002 : Thanne were ther yonge, poure scolers [vr. clerkes] two That dwelten in the halle of which I seye.
- c1432 Bishop Notes in PMLA 49 (Cmb Dd.14.2)455 : Sire John Garsyndon..wyþ diuers walsch scolars, sum of þe Castell, sum of Glowcetre College, sum of Henxey Hall, sum of Haberdast Hall wyþ oþer scolers of diuers Hall maad sawt aȝeyns þis seyd Nicholas Bysshopp.
- (1435-6) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7836 : Item, resiue of the scollere of Hamptone Hall, that that ys buryde yn the cherche, vi s. viii d.
- (1439) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1lvi : He may yeve..Goddeshous..unto the maister and scolers of Clare Hall..to thentent yat the seid Maister and Scolers mowe fynde perpetually in the forseid mansion..xxiiii Scolers for to comense in gramer.
- (1444) Indent.Langton in Cmb.AC 4 (Baker 27)358 : The said College shall discharge the Prouost and Scolers of the Kings College of oure Lady and St. Nicolas of Cambrigg of alle maner tithes.
- (1450) RParl.5.197b : Provided also, that this Acte or Ordenaunce extende not ne be prejudicial unto the Maister and Scolers of oure College withynne oure Universite of Cambrigge called the Kyngeshalle.
- (1459) RParl.in OHS 5841 : Provided alwey that this acte..extend not nor in eny wise be prejudiciall unto the Wardeyn and Scolers of the College called Merton Halle in Oxford.
- (1473) RParl.6.78b : Provided alwey, that this Acte..extend not..to the Provost and Scolers..of oure College..called the Oriell.
f
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)154 : Bernard, þat was a guod scholer, formest to him cam And þe ordre of frere menours of him formest he nam.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3077 : Ȝyf þou be prout of þy cunnyng, Þat þou hast lerned moche þyng, As sum man ys þat ys scolere.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1554 : Scoleres skelten þeratte þe skyl for to fynde, Bot þer watz never on so wyse couþe on worde rede.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)20682 : Vnder hyre [Astronomy's] protecciouns I make dyvynaciouns, And by hyr power grauntyd me I have scolerys two or thre Wych that on me euere abyde.
g
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5950 : He shal pay all..All were he scoler [F desciple] to Richesse.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)242/2 : On was þere of Dunstable, a special scoler of þis secte, þei cleped him William Morle.