A Survey of English Bynames: Performance Arts

by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Kathleen M. O'Brien)

© 2002-2013 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 1.5, updated 10 March 2013



Singers

Chanster
Chanter
le Lilter
Salter
Sanger
Sangster
Singer


Instruments

Note: in some cases below, the instrument is not one commonly known today. In those cases, I have linked the header word for the instrument to the page in Wikipedia discussing the instrument in question.

 someone who makessomeone who uses
citole (a stringed instrument)   Citoler
croud (a stringed instrument)   Croude (RW p. 118 s.n. Crowde)
le Crouther (RW p. 119 s.n. Crowther) (Bardsley p. 221 s.n. Crowder)
fiddle   Fydeler (RW p. 167 s.n. Fidler)
harp   Harper
horn   Blawhorn
le Corner (Bardsley, p. 205 s.n. Corner)
Horner
lute (a stringed instrument)   Luter (RW, p. 288 s.n. Luter)
pipe   Piper
Pipester
psaltery   le Salterer (RW p. 390 s.n. Salter, Bardsley p. 664 s.n. Salter)
drum / tabor   Nakerer (Bardsley p. 549 s.n. Nakerer)
Taber (RW s.n. Taber) / Tabor (Bardsley)
Taberer
trumpet   Bemere 'trumpeter'
Trompour
Trump


Performers

dancer Dancer
Hopper
Saillant (RW p. 389 s.n. Sailant) 'dancing'
Sayleben (RW p. 389 s.n. Sailant) 'dance well'
Sayllefest (RW p. 389 s.n. Sailant) 'dance quickly'
le Sayllur (RW p. 389 s.n. Sailer)
juggler Treget (RW p. 453 s.n. Tredgett)
le Tregetor (RW p. 453 s.n. Tredgett)
musician le Lilter
le Sautreor (RW p. 390 s.n. Salter)


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