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
Chanster |
Chanter |
le Lilter |
Salter |
Sanger |
Sangster |
Singer |
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 makes | someone 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 |
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) |
Medieval Scotland | Medieval Names Archive | A Survey of English Bynames
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