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scrivenern. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scrivein n., -er suffix1. Etymology: < scrivein n. + -er suffix1.Compare also late Middle English (rare) escrivener , in the same sense (1423), probably an alteration of scrivener n. after Anglo-Norman escrevein (see scrivein n.). Specific forms. In form scrivender at α. forms apparently with intrusive d ; compare e.g. provender n.2 With the β. forms compare -or suffix, -our suffix. 1. society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > professional writer 1218–22 in M. Gibbs (1939) 89 (MED) Simon scriuiner. 1345 in G. Fransson (1935) 130 (MED) Rich. le Scryvayner. a1399 in W. G. Benham (1907) 11 (MED) Bookbynderys no scryveners nougt payen. c1450 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Complaint Black Knight (Fairf.) l. 194 in (1934) ii. 390 But euen-like as doth a skryuener, That can no more what that he shal write, But as his maister beside dothe endyte. 1484 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §12. m. 12 The third to teche to writte and all suche thyng as belonged to scrivener crafte. 1530–1 Act 22 Henry VIII c. 13 in (1963) III. 332 No person nor persones srraungers [sic] beyng a comon baker, bruer, surgeon or scryvenour shalbe enterpret or expounded hande craftesmen. 1548 f. xlvj Richard Scelton a tayler and Jhon Asteley a Skreuener. 1607 T. Middleton i. sig. B3v Thou hast beene Scriuener to much knauery then. a1680 S. Butler (1759) I. 210 Scriveners take more Pains to learn the Slight Of making Knots, than all the Hands they write. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes I. iii. xi. 168 By no means employ a scrivener, who may write it in such an unintelligible court-hand, that Satan himself could not understand it. 1847 15 May 306/2 The scrivener modestly informed the public of his readiness to indite or copy out epistles in the French language, at a very moderate price. 1853 H. Melville Bartleby i. in Nov. 552/2 A pale young scrivener, by the name of Bartleby,..copied for me at the usual rate of four cents a folio. 1879 5 Nov. 4/6 Early intelligence..[that] leaks out through the untrustworthiness of a Foreign Office scrivener. 1925 26 July xx. 11/2 The scrivener who..practiced the European vocation of acting as amanuensis for those newcomers who could only make their mark. 1990 22 Feb. 17/1 The text is sent by the Home Office to the Crown Office in the Lord Chancellor's department which then employs a scrivener to write the document. 2001 L. S. Marcus in J. Masten & W. Wall 117 Some of the plays were printed from copies made by the professional scrivener Ralph Crane. society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > notary 1431 in J. A. Kingdon (1886) II. 205 Payed To þe skryvener For wrytyng and makyng off þe endentourz bytwyxt Serle and vs, iij s. iiij d. 1477–9 in H. Littlehales (1905) 83 (MED) Item, to..masse, Scryvenere, for ouerseyng the olde endentures of the same howse, viij d. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara 129 As God made you a knight, if hee had made you a Scriuener, you would haue bin more handsome to collour Cordouan skinnes, then to haue written proces. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iv. 58 My Boy shall fetch the Scriuener presentlie. View more context for this quotation 1622 G. de Malynes 100 The Bills were tendered with a Scriuener according to their agreement. 1706 (new ed.) Scrivener, one that draws up and engrosses Writings or Deeds, as Bonds, Bills, Leases, Releases, &c. 1740 D. Bellamy iv. 55 I'll go fetch old Noverint the Scrivener, that we may sign and seal. 1807 J. Beresford (rev. ed.) II. xxi. 290 Why what the plague?—where is this scoundrel of a scrivener?—what if I should die before he comes! 1887 32 450 The defendant denies that any terms were agreed upon before he employed the scrivener to reduce the contract to writing. 1999 (Nexis) 1 May Many clients are going to financial planners..while the lawyer is being brought in at the end of the process to draft documents. Lawyers are being reduced to the role of scrivener. society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer 1572 T. Wilson f. 108v The money to be repaide, at the sayd scriueners house, at sixe moneths, or twelue moneths, as they can agree, after twenty poundes in the hundreth. 1583 P. Stubbes sig. Lv The Scriuener is the Instrument wherby the Diuell worketh the frame of this wicked woorke of Usurie, hee beeing rewarded with a good fleece for his labour. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster ii. sig. C2v Here was a scriuener but euen now, to put my father in minde of a bond, that wilbe forfit this night. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 209 The Scriueners and Broakers, doe valew vnsound Men. 1685 J. Dryden tr. Horace Epode ii, in sig. K6 How rich in humble Poverty, is he, Who leads a quiet country life! Discharg'd of business, void of strife, And from the gripeing Scrivener free. 1706 R. Estcourt iii. i. 28 Sir Ch. Sir, I am oblig'd to you, you shall have my Note. Fan. No, but I won't, I am no Scrivener, Sir; there's a Bill payable at sight. 1797 M. Ord ii. 77 J. applied to a scrivener to lend him 200 l. and they agreed that J. should secure to O. 40 l. a year for eight years. 1818 W. Cruise (ed. 2) II. 207 T. Gibson and Co. being scriveners, and having large sums of money of other peoples' in their hands, had lent Mr. Stiles..several sums. 1854 W. N. Welsby et al. V. 93 In former times, money was left in the hands of a scrivener, who laid it out at interest, and probably never consulted his client about it. 1977 H. van der Wee in E. E. Rich & C. H. Wilson V. v. 351 Scriveners were already accepting deposits in the sixteenth century and the beginning of the seventeenth century. 2002 76 526 The growing class of professionals who increasingly managed the affairs of the aristocracy..included scriveners seeking properties or their leases for investments. society > communication > writing > study or science of written symbols > [noun] > teacher of calligraphy 1608 J. White 245 For as a Scriuener teaching a child to write, though he leade his hand, yet the writing beareth witnesse of the childs imperfection. a1686 T. Watson (1692) 74 The Scrivener guides the Child's hand, and helps him to form his Letters. 1730 P. Walkden 2 Mar. (1866) 104 Seeing Mr Cottom, the scrivener, I told him son Henry should come to learn to write with him. 1847 J. O. Halliwell II Scrivener, a writing-master. 1919 E. P. Cubberley ii. 26 Sometimes the instruction was given in a separate school, taught by a ‘scrivener’ and arithmetic teacher. society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] a1660 P. S. Aphorismical Discov. vi. vi, in J. T. Gilbert (1880) III. 90 All the politicke scriuners that euer handled such a subjecte. 1820 Ld. Byron Some Observ. Article Blackwood's Mag. in (1991) 113 To the heaven-born Genii and inspired young Scriveners of the day—much of this will appear paradox. 1829 R. Southey II. 91 A very little suffices for the stock in trade, upon which the scribes and scriveners of literature, who take upon themselves to direct the public, set up. 1888 9 Dec. 10/1 In one case an ambitious scrivener composed a highly original drama. 1949 24 Sept. 8/2 Most fight fans, sports scriveners and radio commentators agreed with the Frenchman's trainer. 1988 G. Lees xiii. 246 He was an habitué of Elaine's, a bar..frequented by novelists and other scriveners. 2012 1 Jan. a10/1 Most of us scriveners feel obliged to call our books something catchy. Compounds 1989 8 Mar. 9/4 Thanks to stalwart efforts on the part of concerned members of the profession, particularly our scrivener-notary friends, the situation today is very different. 1991 50 527 Only the scrivener notaries of London (who number some 25) are normally not solicitors but practise exclusively as notaries. 2005 Newslet. Autumn 2 in www.cheeswrights.co.uk (accessed 15 Sept. 2017) He joined Cheeswrights as a trainee notary in 1995... Qualification as a scrivener notary followed in 2000. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > disease characterized by 1851 R. Dunglison (ed. 8) Scrivener's Cramp, writers'. 1882 1 154 They may only escape the Scylla of scrivener's cramp to fall into the Charybdis of telegrapher's palsy. 1974 2 Nov. 12/6 Writer's cramp (or scrivener's cramp) was a clearly recognized occupational disease among professional writers. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > disease characterized by 1864 S. Solly in 24 Dec. 709/1 When scriveners' palsy first commences, the victim of it only feels its direful influence after a hard day's work. 1877 VI. 543/2 The disease known as Writer's Cramp, or Scrivener's Palsy. 1904 F. Rolfe xx. 353 Acrid torpor astringed and benumbed His right arm from elbow to finger-tip, announcing the advent of scrivener's palsy. 2014 26 May 30/1 In the nineteenth century, it [sc. writer's cramp] was also often called scrivener's palsy—or steel-pen palsy, because the change from quill pens was thought to have caused it or made it worse. Derivatives 1611 R. Cotgrave Escrivainerie, Scriuenership. 1873 D. Masson III. iv. ii. 641 We saw him..setting up in London in the business of scrivenership. 1981 H. Berry in C. W. Hodges et al. ii. 36 He preferred to think of his scrivenership as having to do with calligraphy rather than the lending of money. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.1218 |
