tapper and tappere - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

tapper(e n.

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Entry Info

Forms	tapper(e n. Also (early) tæppare.
Etymology	OE tæppere, LOE (in surname) tepere-.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

(a) A tavernkeeper, tapster; (b) as surname.

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a

c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)540/5 : Caupo: tæppare.

b

[ (c1095) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames343 : Ulfuine Teperesune. ]
(1279) Hundred R.Tower 2423 : Johannes le Tapper.
(1279) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames343 : Robert le Tapper.
(1373) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms91 : Ralph Tappere.