Middle English Dictionary Entry
thacchen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | thacchen v. Also thac(c)he, thakke(n, thec(c)he, thecth, thetchen, teche, (N) theke, (?NEM) thekke; p.ppl. thacched, etc. & thacked. |
| Etymology | OE þeccan & ON: cp. OI þekja. Forms in -a- influenced by ME thach(e n. & OE þæc, or perh. from OE þacian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To cover the roof of a building with thatch or other material; cover the roof of (a building) with thatch; cover the roof of (a building or part of a building) with lead, tiles, etc.; also, cover (a wall) with thatch; ~ with gras (strau, led, etc.); ppl. thacched as adj.: covered with thatch [quot. 1467].
Associated quotations
- c1350 Of alle þe witti (Add 45896)82 : Bote ȝef I chese to þe chapel cost wol arise, for hit wol ben ofter þacked þen þries in a ȝere.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)219a/b : In þe north londe men thakken [vr. þacchen] here houses wiþ reed wel.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)249b/a : Many men gadereþ þis stoble, þat is þacch, to many dyuerse vse, for somme men þaccheþ houses þerwith, and some feedeþ bestes þerwith.
- (1399-1400) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81130 : In vxx travis de stramine ordii emp. 5 s., pro tectura j tenementi..Et in salario j hominis tegentis, viz. thekand prædictam domum per v dies..2 s. 1 d.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.232 : Somme he tauȝte to tilie, to dyche, & to thecche [C: teche; vr. þeche].
- (1409-10) in Salzman Building in Engl.483 : The foresaid Richard sall gar theke the same south eill couenably with lead.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)44/7 : A lytill fra þis temple..es a kirk theked [Man.(1): couered; F couerte] with leed.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)490 : Thakkyn howsys: Sartatego, sarcitego.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)2931 : Sapheronne groweth in that cuntre Wondir thicke..So moche þere wexeth in that fryth That men thekke theire houses therewith With þe gras.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)2218 : Twa houses he made, Ane for an oratory, an othir he hade For comon vse, of sympill aray; Þai wer bathe thekyd with hay.
- (1467) Ordin.Wor.386 : That no chymyneys of Tymber be suffred, ne thacched houses wtyn the Cyte.
- (1469) Stonor1.106 : Item, paid to a thetcher thetchyng on the berne be xiij dayes..iij s. iij d.
- (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.1417 : Item, to Alic. Pole for strawe for thecth the walls, iiij d.
- (1474) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.494a : Payde to John Estone for ii bondel of thache-rode to thache the baryn..4 d.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)108/353b : Calamiso: to pype in a rede or to thakke.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)108/354b : Culmino: to thacche.
- a1525(?1474) Cov.Leet Bk.389 : Þat no maner man frohensfurth thak ne couer his house with strawe nor brome within this Cite.