Middle English Dictionary Entry
teder n.
Entry Info
| Forms | teder n. Also tedir(e, tether, thether; pl. tethers, etc. & (error) tethirdez. |
| Etymology | From ON: cp. OI tjóðr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A cord or rope by which a horse or other animal is tied to a fixed point, tether.
Associated quotations
- (1368) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.lvii : Item, in ferura equorum, capistris, singulis, thethyrs.
- (1370) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2953 : In custodia prepositi ij plaustra nova..xxiiij estlandbords, vj tethers.
- (1376-7) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100386 : In duobus thethers et j feterlok emp. pro equis, 18 d.
- (1394-5) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103599 : In 3 Tethirs cum paribus de langalds, 22 d.
- (1445-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99235 : In gyrthwebbez, tethirdez, et una sera equina empta, 2 s. 10 d.
- (1465) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99243 : Item, j teder pro equo.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)379 : A Tedyr: restrictorium, retinaculum.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)728/1 : Ligatorium: a tedyre.