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Lardener, -ar, Lardin-, Lardner, -ar, Lairdner, -ar, n. Also: lardyner, -ar; lardnare, -air; lairner. [North. ME. lardiner (Cursor M.) a larder, ME. lardyner (c 1400), -ener and e.m.E. lardiner, a larderer, AF. lardiner (14th c.) larderer, med.L. larden-, lardinarius larderer, late (1380) lardenarium, -inaria larder: cf. Larder n. Cf. also Ladinar. Sense 1 below is confined to north. ME. and, chiefly, Sc.]

1. A larder or store-room for meat and other provisions, a meat-cellar. Also in phr. to mak lardnar, to store meat (= med. L. facere lardarium).(a) 1373 Reg. Great S. (1814) 103/1.]
[Qui fuerunt quondam Michaelis de Lardener patris … Michaelic de Lardner 1375 Barb. v. 410.
Tharfore the men of that cuntre, For sic thingis thar mellit were Callit it the Douglas lardenere [E. lardner] 14.. Acts I. 33/2.
Fleschewaris … sal serve the burges … fra the fest of Sayncte Martyne quhil Yhule of the flesche in thar lardyner to be graythit and dycht 1527 Treas. Acc. V. 325.
iij dosane of rachteris to the reparation of kichyne and lardyner(b) 14.. Acts I. 346/2.
For the fee of the maister of the lardner v li. c1450-2 Howlat 217.
[The rural dean,] Quhill the lardner was laid held he na hous 1482 Fam. Rose 149.
Fyffty gud martis … til oure lardner in Striueling 1512 Treas. Acc. IV. 462.
vij salt martis ressavit fra Jame of the lardner Ib. 523.
To red the uvir lardner and setting of burdis in it to be ane chalmer iiij s. 1537–8 M. Works Acc. (ed.) 226.
For … new keyis to … the … Quenis grace lardner 1538 Treas. Acc. VII. 125.
David Blantyre, ȝeman in the gret lardner c 1563 Reg. Panmure I. cxlv.
Ane wolt callit the lardner c 1600 T. Pont in Paterson Ayr & Wigt. III. 50.
A vaulte called Vallace lardner 1644 Irving Dumbartonsh. I. App. 104.
In the auld lardner, tua auld doors 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. ii. 8.
His budget … was … His lardner and his bibliotheck(c) 1503 Treas. Acc. II. 312.
Johne Flemyng of the lardynar(d) 14.. Acts I. 333/2.
[Fleshers,] at thai mak lardnar [L. quod faciunt lardarium] in gret and it out tavernis in smallis Ib. 335/2.
Quhen thai opyn fische thai luke nocht quheder thai be mesale fische or wane, that is the cause quhy na fischar suld mak lardnare 1506 Treas. Acc. III. 360.
Robert of the lardnair 1530 Reg. Privy S. II. 67/1.
Ȝeman of the lardnar(e) 1519 Reg. Episc. Aberd. II. 177.
The lairdnar. Item, vij fattis for fles twyme 1532 M. Works Acc. (ed.) 105.
[A large chest] to the petty lairdner 1537–8 Ib. 222.
For … clengand … the conduitis within the place throch the lairdneris to the closattis 1538–9 Ib. MS. VI. 25 b.
Irne werk … to tua lychtis in the pittit lairdner 1542 Treas. Acc. VIII. 151.
David Blantyre in the lairdner, Robert Murray in the petty lairdner 1562 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 648/2.
Ouer kitching … Nedder kitching … Lairdnar … The Cape house [etc.] 1663 Inv. Lord J. Gordon's Furniture (OED.).
In the lairner, ane mat and ane pair of blankets

b. fig. To mak ane lardnare of, to make into butchermeat. ?1438 Alex. ii. 4520.
Of handis and heidis, baith braune and blude, He maid ane lardnare [F. faisoit sa venoison]

2. The officer in charge of a larder. Also master, maister lard(e)nar. 1296 Rot. Scot. 29/1.]
[Michael le Lardiner vic. de Edenburgh 1513 Treas. Acc. IV. 43.
To William Donaldsonis wif, lardnare to the Quene Ib. 529.
In the master lardenaris handis 1535 Reg. Privy S. II. 260/1.
Dauid Wod, maister lardnar to the Kingis grace

3. Attrib. (in sense 1) with -dur, -man (= sense 2), and in Lardenare-mart. 1513 Treas. Acc. IV. 523.
To the chapell and lairdner durris for nalis to thaim, viij d. 1661 Lamont Diary 139.
That new window aboue the lardner doore — 1525 Acta Conc. Public Aff. 227.
The making of officiaris sic as baxtar, browstar, fleschar, lardnarman, cattour 1539–41 M. Works Acc. (ed.) 290.
For intromissioun of certane howsis be the sellar and lardnair men … x lib.