Middle English Dictionary Entry
wringer(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | wringer(e n. Also (in surname) wrenghere. |
| Etymology | From wringen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) ?One who extorts or financially oppresses; ?a stingy person, penny pincher;
(b) ~ oute, one who presses the juice from grapes;
(c) in surnames; ?also in street name.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1335 Þe grace of godde (Hrl 913)85 : Mani wrecche becommiþ þralle; Hi nul noȝt spene bot ȝime in store…Þe wrechis wringit þe mok so fast, Up ham silf hi nul noȝt spened…Siþ such a wringer goþ to helle For litil gode þat nis noȝt his, Whate mai ich bi þe riche man telle Þat lediþ al is lif in blisse?
b
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.16.10 : He that was wont to wringe out, schal not wrynge out wyn in a pressour; Y haue take awei the vois of wryngeris out [WB(1): trederes; L calcantium].
c
- (1281) in Fransson Surn.67 : Ric. le Chesewryngere.
- (1319) in Ekwall Street-Names Lond.()175 : William le Wrenghere.
- (1327) in Fransson Surn.67 : Ric. le Wringar.
- (1438) in Ekwall Street-Names Lond.()175 : Wryngeresaley.