Middle English Dictionary Entry
bīlder(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bīlder(e n. Also bu(i)lder, beolder, belder. |
| Etymology | From verb. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who designs or builds (houses, etc.) or has (them) built; also fig.; ~ ok, oak used by builders; (b) first ~, founder.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)255 : Þe ston þat þe beolderes habbeþ goed yffounde.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))2 Esd.3.5(4.5) : Thei scorneden the bilders.
- c1390 Heil be þow Marie Moodur (Vrn)40 : Heil, Buildere boold of cristes bour!
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)1 Cor.3.10 : As a wys buyldere [WB(1): carpenter; L architectus] ich hafe y-sett a foundement; bote an oþer buldeþ abofe.
- a1425 Methodius(1) (Hrl 1900)99/3 : Buylderis..bilde to him a cite.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)176 : The byldere [vr. belder, bildre] ok and ek the hardy asshe.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.351 : The bilder [L construenti] eke to knowe is necessary, What grauel and what lyme is profitable.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)144.381 (v.2:p.433) : Of wiche cites .. the belderis byn twoo louys: the loue of a mannys self . makyth the cyte of the deuyl .., and the loue of God .. makyth the cyte of God.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.114 : The forsaide beelders.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)216 : And ȝet þise bilderes wilne beggen a baggful of wheate.
b
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)5a : Þe firste bulderes [vr. bolderes; L conditores] of þe empire of Rome.