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▪ I. † ˈhymner1 Obs. Forms: 1 ymener, hymner, ymner, 5 i-, ymner(e, hympner. [ad. eccl. L. hymnārium, hymnārius (later also hymnāre, ym(p)nāre, etc.), a hymnal; cf. OF. (h)ymnier, mod.F. hymnaire.] A book of hymns; a hymnal or hymnary.
c900in Raine Fabric Rolls York Mins. (Surtees) 147 Twa Cristes bec..and j. mæssboc and j. ymener and j. salter. a1100Charter of Leofric in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 275 .ii. ymneras and .i. deorwyrðe bletsingboc and .iii. oðre. c1450in Wr.-Wülcker 589/1 Imnale et Imnarium, an ymnere. 1483Cath. Angl. 186/1 an Hympner..himpnarium. ▪ II. hymner2|ˈhɪmə(r), ˈhɪmnə(r)| [f. hymn v. + -er1.] One who hymns; a singer of hymns.
1816W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXXX. 358 These hymners of idolatry. 1848Lytton K. Arthur viii. cxxi, Nature, thou..never-silent Hymner unto God. 1857H. H. Wilson tr. Rig-veda III. 53 Hymner, we hear thy words, that thou hast come from afar. |