Middle English Dictionary Entry
warnestōr(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | warnestōr(e n. Also warnestǒure, warnestur(e, warnistor(e, warnistǒure, warnstore, warnstoure, warnsture, warm(e)store, wermestore, warinstǒur. |
| Etymology | AF/ONF warnesture, AF warnisture, warensture, warynsture, vars. of OF garneture, garnesture; also cp. AL warnestūra, warnistūra, warenstūra, vars. of ML garnistūra. Spellings with -m- may reflect either a misreading of -ni- or a reanalysis as from ME warm adj., those with -ō- in the final syllable an assimilation to stōr(e n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Provisions of foodstuffs, provender; ?also, the action of provisioning [1st quot.]; pl. stores, supplies; in ~, in storage, in stock, on hand [last quot.];
(b) military supplies, including provisions of foodstuffs, munitions, and armament; also fig. and in fig. context;
(c) defending forces placed in a stronghold as a garrison; also, fig. the action or means of defending and keeping, defense [last quot.]; ?also, a stronghold [quot. ?a1400].
Associated quotations
a
- (1318) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100374 : 7 nove caruce pro warnestur manerii.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1698 : Noe…þou sal…mak a boure For to hald in þi wermestore [Göt: vnto þi warnistoure; Bedf:Horrall: in þi warn stoure].
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)4688 : Ioseph…ma þen a þousande selers filled he wiþ…warnestoure [Vsp: warnistore] of salt flesshe.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)66/2 : A knyght…sett fyre in þer lathis, & burnyd up all þer warn-store at þai had of corn.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5420 : Þe…officers þat for store Suld puruay and ordayne Some gude warnestore wald haue broght in, Þair brethir after lentyn forto refresche.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)136a : Warnestore: Annona, Evtica [Monson: entica].
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)65/17 : Whanne men trowyn wynter þat it is cold, men ordeyns herbergage and cloþing, and warmstores of cole and woode, and of many oþer þynges.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38)878 : Þey wythynne nere famysched were…They had golde in warme store, But mete was þem full nede.
b
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)24788 : King william…caried warnestoure [Vsp: warnist him] on mani wise; he geddered sondours…to strenght his castels.
- c1429 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)3092 : Synnes dedely…Of fendes ere thire the wapenes, and armures of the dyvel, Warnsture of the castels of helle.
- a1450(?c1405) Mannys soule (Dgb 102)13 : Whan deþ wole assaile þe, Sende warnestor to þy soule to be.
- a1450(1414) Whanne alle a kyngdom (Dgb 102)122 : Stuffe ȝoure castels in eche coost, Warnestor and folk þeder sende.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)111/20 : Haue many bestayle to bere warny stoor to castellys wher þou shalt fyghte.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38)1166 : Garcy had getyn hys pales before, And vetaylyd hyt wyth warme store.
c
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2075 : King maximian…In eche stude hii sette þer strong warnesture [B: warnestur; vrr. warde, wardeyns] & god Of folc of þis londe here & of hor owe blod.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.180 : A castelle was þer biside fro Acres a jorne…þe Sarazins kept it þat tym for þer chefe warinstour.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)61/9 : Þat ys a…greet purueyaunce, þe warmstore [Ashmole: an helpe; Caritate: defens; L munimen] of þe kyngdome, þe hele of þe poeple, and kepynge of Citeez.