Middle English Dictionary Entry
waller(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | waller(e n. |
| Etymology | From wallen v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A builder of walls, a mason; tile ~, a bricklayer;
(b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1380) Sub.R.Oxf.in Rogers Oxf.CDoc.40 : De Willelmo Rede, Waller.
- (1391) Doc.Oxf.in OHS 7322 : Iohannes Webbe, wallere.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)514 : Wallare: Murator, machio.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)514 : Wallare, þat werkythe wythe stone and morter: Cementarius.
- (1467) Doc.Beverley in Seld.Soc.1455 : Si quis…Tilewaller et Plasterer occupare voluerit in arte sua…seu operarium cum ipso non ducet ad operandum.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)135b : A Waller: Macerio.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)809/21 : Murinator: a waller.
b
- (1221) Justice in Eyre R.in Seld.Soc.531089 : Johannes le Waller’.
- (1268) in Fransson Surn.175 : Thom. le Wallere.
- (1298) Court R.Lond.3 : William le Wallere.
- (1312-13) Let.Bk.Lond.C (Gldh LetBk C)239 : John le Wallere.
- (1332) in Fransson Surn.175 : Rad. Waller.
- (1352) Court R.Colchester 1227 : John Waller.
- (1466) Paston2.557 : Ricardum Waller, armigerum.