Wealcere

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wealcere

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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wealcere
m. A walker (a fuller :-- Wealceres fullones (- is?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 3. [Fullere or walkere of cloth, Wick. Mk. 9, 3. A walker hic fullo, Wrt. Voc. i. 212, col. 2 (cf. walkyng lanugo, 238, col. 1. To walke clothe fullare, Cath. Angl. 406, where see note. Cloth ytouked (v. l. ywalked), Piers P. 15, 447). O. H. Ger. walchare coagitator, compressor: Ger. walker a fuller; walken to full.] wealcere

Related words: E. D. S. Pub. Lancashire Gloss. s. v. walk-mill),

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