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† yeter, yetter Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹeotere, 3–4 ȝeter, 4 ȝeoter, ȝeetere, 5 ȝetare, 6 ȝettare, yetter. See also yoter.
[f. yet v. + -er1. Cf. MSw. giutare ‘fictor’.]
A caster of metal; a founder. Also in comb. bellyeter.
c893ælfred Oros. i. xii. 54 Þa þæt þa onhæt wæs, & eall ᵹedon swa se ᵹeotere þæm æðelinge ær behet. 1298in Stow Surv. (1908) II. 290 Belȝeterslane. 13..K. Alis. 6735 (Laud MS.) A queynt man, & metal ȝeters [v.r. ȝeoter]. 1382Wyclif Jer. li. 17 Confoundid is eche ȝeetere [1388 wellere] in grauen thing; for fals is his ȝeting. c1440Bellȝetare [see bell n.1 12]. 1512Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 360/2 Robert Borthuik, ȝettare of the kingis gunnys. 1552Huloet, Karuer or yetter of Images, statuarius. |