Middle English Dictionary Entry
shrīver n.
Entry Info
Forms | shrīver n. |
Etymology | From shrīven v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A confessor.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)174/23 : He ssel zigge his zennes clyerliche..zuo þet þe ssriuere izi openliche þe herte.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)175/21 : Þe ssrifte ssel by yhol, naȝt to-deld ine uele ssriueres.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)1.64 : Holy churche & charite choppe a-doun swich shryuers.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)338 : A Schryfer: confessor.