Middle English Dictionary Entry
speuer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | speuer n. Also spuer; pl. speuers, -us, spouris. |
| Etymology | From speuen v.; also cp. OE spīwere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In combs.: blod ~, one who spits up blood; water ~, ?one who spits saliva; (b) ?one who casts or throws something; ?error for spicer n. or sporier n.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)6a/b : Aquiuomus: a water spuer [StJ-C: qui vomit aquam].
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)70 : For þe tysyk: Drinke ofte þe iuus of planteyn, and it wole [hele] þe tysyk and þe blode spowrys [vrr. spewerus, spewers].
b
- (1445) Doc.Lynn in Nrf.Archaeol.6238 : Thomas Deynes, spewer.