Middle English Dictionary Entry
affermer, -ǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | affermer, -ǒur n. |
| Etymology | OF, & from affermen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who vouches for the truth or validity (of sth.); one who proclaims something as true.
Associated quotations
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Heb.7.22 : In so myche Iesus is maad a byhetere of [read: or] affermour [L sponsor] of a betere testament.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)431 : Þou woldist teche men more and hiȝer treuþis þan þei myȝten come to bi liȝt of her natural resoun wiþout help of a reuler or affermer or a techer.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)34/20 : Þilke persoones..owen forto truste and bileeue to her enformers and affermers.
- (c1456) Pecock Faith (Trin-C B.14.45)134 : Thilk article is trewe, and to be bileeved for the infailable and unbigiling treuthe of the affermer, which is God.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)66/10 : If resoun iuge bifore þat þe affermer or denyer schal be þe more trowid..to afferme or denye as trouþe is.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)190/17 : Þilk ooþ þerto sett schal not make god bileeue þerbi þe more þe affermer, bi cause þat god openli knowiþ..wheþir þe affermer seie trewe or noo.