Middle English Dictionary Entry
hakker(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hakker(e n. Also haker, hakiere. |
| Etymology | Cp. hak n.(1) & hakken v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A hacker, chopper, cutter; ?also, one who makes the tool called a hak; -- as surname; (b) = hak n. (1).
Associated quotations
a
- (1224) Close R.Tower 1596b : Adam le Hacker.
- (1262) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms34 : Ad. le Hakkere.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10101 : Johannes Hakyere.
- (1296-7) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.66107 : Isabella la Hackere.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10123 : Thom. le Haker.
- (1434) Reg.Chanc.Oxf.in OHS 935 : Willelmus Hackar'.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)248a/a : Vnnethe þornes beth..y-rooted out of þe grounde withoute hook, bille, hakker, or som oþer egge tool [L sine falce vel sarculo ferreo].
- (?1481-2) Acc.Howard in RC 61137 : For hakkeres, ij d.