tæppestre

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Old English

Etymology

From tæppa +‎ -estre; compare tæppere (“barkeep, tavern-keeper”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtæp.pes.tre/

Noun

tæppestre f (nominative plural tæppestran)

a female tavern-keeper, tapster, barmaid

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	tæppestre	tæppestran
accusative	tæppestran	tæppestran
genitive	tæppestran	tæppestrena
dative	tæppestran	tæppestrum

Related terms

tæppa (“tap, spigot”)
tæppere (“barkeep”)
tæppian (“to open a cask, furnish with a tap”)

Descendants

Middle English: tappestere, tapestere, tapister, tappester, tappster, tapstare, tapster, tapstere
- English: tapster
  - ⇒ English: tapstress

References

John R. Clark Hall (1916) “tæppeste”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tæppestre”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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