m. An officer, a minister, steward, manager :-- Wícnere dispensator, Hpt. Gl. 453, 47, Be ðam men ðe ðone wífman fram his hláforde áspaneþ, ðe his wícnere (villicus) bið, L. Ecg. P. ii. 14, tit.; Th. ii. 180, 25. Hé clipode him tó his yldestan geréfan (servum seniorem domus suae), ðe ealle his þing bewiste ... Ðá cwæð se wícnere (in in each case the Latin is dispensatorem), 43, 19. Setton him ðá ǽnne wícnere getreówne ... æt ðam wæs gelang eall heora fóda; se heom on ealre hwíle metes tilian sceolde, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 217. Nys nánum mæssepreóste álýfed, ne diácone, ðæt hí geréfan (praefecti) beón, ne wícneras (procuratores), L. Ecg. P. iii. 8; Th. ii. 198, 21. Ic nelle ðæt ǽnig mann áht ðǽr on teó búton hé (the archbishop) and his wícneras (cf. the similar document of Henry II: Mine agene wicneres (ministri) ... hi and heara wicneras (ministri) ðe hi hit betechan willað, 347, 1-4), Chart. Erl. 233, 7. Se cyngc beódeþ his geréfan, ðæt gé ðám abbodan beorgan, and filstan heora wícneran, L. Eth. ix. 32; Th. i. 346, 32. Án woruldcynincg hæfð fela þegna and mislíce wícneras, Homl. Skt. i. pref., 60. [He king wæs and his wikenares chæs, Laym. 18175. He sende word bi his beste wukeneren (one of his cnihtes, 2nd MS.), 6704.]