tæppere
Old English
Etymology
tæppa + -ere
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæp.pe.re/
Noun
tæppere m
- tavern keeper, bartender
- wine seller
Declension
Declension of tæppere (strong ja-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tappere | tapperas |
| accusative | tappere | tapperas |
| genitive | tapperes | tappera |
| dative | tappere | tapperum |
Derived terms
- tæppestre (“barmaid”)
- wīntæppere (“wine tapper”)
Related terms
- tæppa (“tap, spigot”)
- tæppian (“to open a cask, furnish with a tap”)
Descendants
- English: tapper
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916), “tæppere”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “tæppere”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.