Middle English Dictionary Entry
Talgar n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Talgar n. |
| Etymology | Prob. from Talgarth, a market town in Brecknockshire, Wales. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A type of Welsh cheese, perh. a local cheese produced in Talgarth.
Associated quotations
- (1377) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.406 : [Strangers..bring to the City cheese of Wales called] talgar [and house the same in Fletstrete..and when any one from Wales brings] talgar [cheese to the City for sale, such men..regrate the cheese in private, and then sell it by retail to the commoners without it coming to such market].