Middle English Dictionary Entry
slinger(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | slinger(e n. Also shlingare, (in surname) sclinggere. |
| Etymology | From slingen v.; cp. MDu. slingeraer, -are, -er, slinger(re & OF eslinguëour, esling(o)ur. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. slenger n.
1.
(a) A soldier armed with a sling; honde ~; staf ~ [see staf n.1f.(a)]; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 3.25 : Þe cite is enuyround of slyngeres.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.9.11 : Slyngers and archers wenten bifore the oost.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)29b/b : Fundibalanus & -lista: a shlyngare.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)459 : Slyngare: Fundibularius.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)18a : Vppon stony lond..stone casteres and slyngeres mowe fynde defense alredy.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)40a : Alle þilke þat occupie schot, as bowemen, alblasteres and bowes of braak and slyngeres wiþ hand slynge & staf slynge, þese ben clepid þe liȝt armure.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)90a : Þe..sikereste defence aȝenst þese bestis were hondslingeres.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)115b : A Slynger: fundibalarius, fundibalista, baliator, baliarius, fundator.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)1598 : Bothe barones, knyȝtes, and squyers, Bow-men, slyngers..holdeth ȝow in youre batayle.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)75/312a : Funditor: slyngar.
b
- (1296-7) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.6658 : Iohannem Slingere.
- (1327) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms160 : Ad. le Sclynggere.