Middle English Dictionary Entry
tapener n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tapener n. Also (in surnames) tap(p)enir, tapiner, taponer, taupener, taupenir(e, tauponer. |
| Etymology | AF; cp. AL tapenārius, tapinārius. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A clothmaker, weaver; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- [ a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.54 : Ke li chaluns..serra..deuant li tapener (Win-Gldh 24: chaloun makyere)..E ke nul del mester de tapeners ne vuere nuitantre. ]
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.52 : Þe Tapeneres þat wercheþ þe burelles [vr. þo þat wercheth þe burelles; F telers ke vuerent les bureaus]..shullen take for þe cloth xviij d..and..non ne shal make burell-werk but ȝif he be of þe ffraunchyse of þe town.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.52 : Þe chaloun of fowre ellen and o quarter of langnesse shal habbe tweye ellen and an halfe to-fore þe tapener in þe werke.
b
- (1253) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)1.62 : Hugh Tapiner.
- (1272) in Fransson Surn.97 : Gregor' le Tapiner.
- (1280) in Fransson Surn.97 : Ric. le Tappenyr.
- (1288) in Fransson Surn.97 : Ric. le Taponer.
- (1309) in Fransson Surn.97 : Rad. le Tauponer.
- (1327) in Fransson Surn.97 : Margareta le Taupenire; Henr' le Tapenyr.
- (1332) in Fransson Surn.97 : Le Taupenyr; Joh. Taupener.
- (1333) in Fransson Surn.97 : Thom. Tapener.