† metrern.

Forms: Middle English metrer, Middle English metrere, Middle English metriour, 1600s meterer.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metre n.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < metre n.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare slightly later metre v.

Obsolete.

A person who writes metrically, a versifier.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun]

versifierc1340

poeta1382

metrera1387

sayer?a1400

makerc1460

metrician?a1475

metrist?1545

singer1560

swannetc1560

songster1584

muse1596

Castalianist1607

metre-maker1611

versificator1611

swan1613

versemaker1647

verseman1652

Parnassian1658

bard1667

factist1676

poetic1687

minstrel1718

shaper1816

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 81 (MED) A metrere brekeþ out in þis manere in preisynge of þis citee.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 169 (MED) Anoþer metriour [L. alius metricus] seide in þis manere [etc.].

1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 19 A metrer breketh out in this maner in praysing of this cite.

1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 205 Gascoine and Churchyard..Accoumpted were great Meterers many a day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	metrer
释义	† metrern. Forms: Middle English metrer, Middle English metrere, Middle English metriour, 1600s meterer. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metre n.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < metre n.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare slightly later metre v. Obsolete. A person who writes metrically, a versifier. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] versifierc1340 poeta1382 metrera1387 sayer?a1400 makerc1460 metrician?a1475 metrist?1545 singer1560 swannetc1560 songster1584 muse1596 Castalianist1607 metre-maker1611 versificator1611 swan1613 versemaker1647 verseman1652 Parnassian1658 bard1667 factist1676 poetic1687 minstrel1718 shaper1816 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 81 (MED) A metrere brekeþ out in þis manere in preisynge of þis citee. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 169 (MED) Anoþer metriour [L. alius metricus] seide in þis manere [etc.]. 1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 19 A metrer breketh out in this maner in praysing of this cite. 1627 M. Drayton Elegies in Battaile Agincourt 205 Gascoine and Churchyard..Accoumpted were great Meterers many a day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1387
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