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tasche1 (1165-80 (?))

tasche1 (1165-80 (?))

task,  taske  
  FEW:  taxare 13/i,134b Gdf:  tasche 7,652c GdfC:  tasche 10,745b TL: tasche 2 10,129 DEAF:  tasche 2  DMF:  tâche  TLF:  tâche  OED:  task n.  MED:  task(e n.  DMLBS:  taxa 3377a

s.

occupationpiece-work, specific task for which a worker is paid a fixed rate (rather than by the hour)
( 1300 ) les mynours sount taschours en leur overaigne e fouent la myne par lades e par lades la vendount au roi et si endorreit l’avauntdit Renauld que vendreit avec (?) sa partie dou marché au roi come fount les mynours de lour tasche  TNA SC 8/111/5544
a, par tasche
1occupation(paid for) by piece-work, per task
( 1409-10 ) En primes pur un masoun a faire .ij. fenestres en la lardirhouse par taske - .x. s. .j. d.  Mch Tayl Accs1 10 Henry IV
( 1410-11 ) Item pur le pointing de la graund chambre prise a taske  Mch Tayl Accs1 11 Henry IV
( 1426-27 ) que nul homme mestre des ditz mystiers allowe ascun servant pur overer par task mais par certeine covenant ové lui affaire par an ou par semaigne  YMB i 104
2obligatory
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin ) se l'Ennunciaciun Venist dedenz la Passiun [...] Ainz Noel fust fete (=a feast of BVM) par tasche  ADGAR3 63.34

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See also:

taschour  taskwerk 
This is an AND2 Phase 6 (T-Z) entry. © 2022-25 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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