divinistre

Middle English

Noun

divinistre

1. A diviner.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 1951-4:

     His spirit chaunged hous, and wente ther
     As I cam nevere, I kan nat tellen wher,
     Therfore I stynte; I nam no divinistre;
     Of soules fynde I nat in this registre

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References

• “divinistre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.