Middle English Dictionary Entry
dā̆ker n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dā̆ker n. Also dagir. |
| Etymology | OF dacre |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. diker.
1.
A lot of ten hides or skins.
Associated quotations
- [ (c1243) Case Law Merchant in Seld.Soc.46p.lxxxvi : In predicta navi fuerunt vj lesta correi, ij dakeres minus. ]
- [ (c1303) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.163 : De chescon daker de quir ii d. ]
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)193 : Ȝif ther be lasse thanne a dagyr, thanne be takyn of eche skyn ob.
- (1445-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9983 : Pro uno dakyr corriorum vitulorum.
- (a1500) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.192 : Item of a daker calf skynns nouth tannyd ii d.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1400) Comp.R.in Frost Hullapp.19 : Pro iiij tymbre wark', iiij beverfell', iiij martynfell', iiij dacre skapefell, j ferthekyn butiri [etc.].
Note: New spelling--plural?
Note: See diker n.