Middle English Dictionary Entry
stōrī̆er n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stōrī̆er n. Also (in surnames) storiere, storiour. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of historier n. or from stōrī̆en v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A historian, chronicler; also, an author; a teller of tales; fundamental ~, an original author; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.197r : Norice and storiere of coueytousnesse was Ranulf clerk.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)351 : Forwhi noon fundamental cronicler or storier writith therof, saue Girald.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)353 : This..thing which Eusebi so storieth..is more to be bileeued..than eny storier or cronicler taking of the seid legend of Siluester.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)356 : Girald..is not the fundamental storier ther of, but..ther of is an other storie bifore him, fro which he takith his storiyng.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)100/29 : Dyspys noght lytyll stature of men..Swylk er customyd to be wel spekyng, wel taght, curteys, and good storyers, knowyng of þy predycessours.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)123/257 : In goodnes of gentil manliche speche, without any maner of nycete of storiers imaginacion..he passeth al other makers.
b
- (1319) Pat.R.Edw.II359 : John le Storiere.
- a1525(?1450) Cov.Leet Bk.251 : Will. Storiour.