Middle English Dictionary Entry
vintener n.
Entry Info
Forms | vintener n. Also wintener; pl. vinteners, etc. & vintenares. |
Etymology | Prob. OF: cp. F (16th cent.) vintenier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
= vintenarie n.
Associated quotations
- c1453(c1437) Brut-1436 (Hrl 53)538/27 : In his retenewe was xxvti vynteners, & iiijc & iiijxx footmen, & v standart berers.
- c1453(c1437) Brut-1436 (Hrl 53)541/3 : Sir Howell Griffith…with…iiijxx men of Armes…and ij c and iij vintenares.
- c1453(c1437) Brut-1436 (Hrl 53)541/31 : The noumbre of þe retenue…of erles…Centeners, capteyns, vynteners, Archers on horsbak…is xxvml cc iiijxx.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)1600 : Lorþynges…holdeth ȝow in youre batayle, with ȝoure gode wynteners.