Middle English Dictionary Entry
pōkere n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pōkere n. Also pokiere & (surname) poher. |
| Etymology | From pōke n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) ?One who stores or bags corn; (b) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)105 : It is ordeyned and defended that no curlewacher, pokere [ID(1): pokyere], ne non other man ne woman medele rotyn corn with good corn for to sellyn.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)105 marg. : Of pokyeres that medelyn rotyn corn.
b
- (c1127) Anc.Chart.in Pipe R.Soc.1021 : Drogo poher.
- (1315) Plea R.Edw.II in WSAS 1015 : Ithel Poker.
- (1359) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.3.329 : Thomas le Pokere.