hymn-writer

The Century Dictionary: The Encyelopedic Lexicon of the English Language · 1887 · p. 287

(him‘1i’tér), n. A writer or com- poser of hymns; a hymnist. hympnet}, ”. An obsolete form of hymn. hyndl}, x. An obsolete form of hind1. hynd?}, a. Same as hend?. hyngt. An obsolete preterit of hang. Chaucer.