A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1558-1566
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Mummer, n. (Cf. (1) late ME. mummar (Prompt. Parv.), e.m.E. mummer (a 1548) a mutterer or murmurer, and cf. Mum v., and (2) e.m.E. mommer (1502), mummer, one who takes part in a mumming or masquerade, and cf. Mummery n. b.) —1558-66 Knox I. 381.
To suche mummeris we answered [etc.]