Middle English Dictionary Entry
strenger n.
Entry Info
| Forms | strenger n. |
| Etymology | From streng n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A maker of bowstrings; also, ?a musician who plays a stringed instrument [quot. a1500]; ~ craft; (b) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- (1364) in Fransson Surn.87 : Joh. de Huntyngton, stringer.
- (1420) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.125122 : Pro bona regula et meliori regimine habenda in arte quadam, que vocatur stryngercrafte..ordinatum est quod homines artis predicte habeant scrutatores inter se et de se ipsis.
- (1474) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)11.838 : Ac Artifices, vocati Stringers, Cordas pro Arcubus..bona & sufficientia faciant.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)122b : A Strynger: Cordex.
- a1500 *Medulla (Cnt D.2)33b/a : Cordex: A strenger vel qui canit cum cordis [Stnh: qui facit cordas].
- -?-(1392) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9691 : Johannes Tabard, strenger.
- -?-(1437) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.96151 : Willelmus Snaweball, strenger.
b
- (1194) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames336 : Walter Stringere.
- (1293) in Fransson Surn.86 : Rog. le Strenger.
- (1327) in Fransson Surn.86 : Godwyna Strenger.
- (1344) in Fransson Surn.86 : Rob. le Strengare.
- (1427-31) in Sundby Dial.Wor.59 : Strenger.
- (1428) in Sundby Dial.Wor.59 : Strynger.
- -?-(1362) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9654 : Thomas le Stringer.