† ˈLoller1 Obs.
Forms: 4–6 loller, 5 lollere, louller, 5–6 lollar, 6 lolar, loular, lowler.
[Var. of Lollard, with substitution of suffix -er1 for -ard.]
= Lollard.
| c 1386 Chaucer Shipman's Prol. 11, I smelle a lollere in the wynde quod he. Ibid. 15 This lollere here wol prechen vs somwhat. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. vi. 2 Cloþed as a lollere,..Among lollares of london and lewede heremytes. 1426 Audelay Poems 37 And sayn hit is a lollere. c 1460 Towneley Myst. xxx. 213, I was youre chefe tollare,..Now am I master lollar. 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. 600 Henry the .V...Cherysshed the churche, to Lollers gaue a fall. c 1515 Cocke Lorell's B. 11 With lollers, lordaynes, and fagot berers. 1556 Chron. Gr. Friars (Camden) 12 Thys yere the lorde Cobhame made a rysynge with many lollars and heryttykes. 1623 Cockeram, Lollar, a breaker of fasting-daies. |