Middle English Dictionary Entry
talī̆inge ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | talī̆inge ger. Also tailliing. |
| Etymology | From talī̆en v.; for form tailliing cp. talī(e n., OF taillier, & AL tailliāre (var. of talliāre). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The reckoning of accounts; the keeping of a financial record on a tally stick.
Associated quotations
- a1425 PPl.B (Nwnh 900.4:Kane)8.83 : Taillying [Ld: Who-so is trewe of his tonge..And þorugh his laboure..his lyflode wynneth, And is trusti of his tailende, taketh but his owne..dowel hym folweth].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)486 : Talyynge: Talliacio, anticopacio, anticopatus.