Middle English Dictionary Entry
tēser(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tēser(e n. Also tezere, tezir, tesour, teisoure, (in surname) tessere. |
| Etymology | From tēsen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who teases wool, flax, etc., a carder; (b) hunt. a light, swift greyhound used to rouse deer; (c) some item of horse gear; (d) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)126a : A Tesere: Carponarius.
b
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)107 : Þe mayster of þe game..or his lieuetenaunte..oweþ to sette þe greihound and ho so be tesours to þe kyng or to þe quene or to þer lesshes; As oft as eny hert commeþ, he shal whan he passed blow a moot and rechace and lette hem after to teise it forþ.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)112 : As of feutrers, if þei be sette, þe first teisoure and þe reseeyuour þat draweth hym doun shal parte þe skyn.
c
- (1350-51) Acc.Chester in LCRS 59197 : [In] tezerez [bought for carthorses..6 d.].
- (1395) Cart.Whitby in Sur.Soc.72614 : Item, pro ii dosan heltirschafts..pro viii swewyls..pro iiii tezirs, xiiii d..pro vi paribus de bukyls.
d
- (1275) Pleas Som.in Som.RS 414 : William le Tesere.
- (1281) in Fransson Surn.83 : Thom. le Tessere.
- (1324-5) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)1.313 : Geoffrey le Tezere.
- (1428) Feudal Aids 1452 : Johannes Teser.