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taschour (c.1270)
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The form tassour is a cross reference to the following entry:

taschour (c.1270)

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tascur,  tasker,  taskere,  taskur;  tassour  
  FEW:  taxare 13/i,134b Gdf:  tascheour 7,652c / taschier 7,653a GdfC: ∅ TL: taschëor 10,130 DEAF:  tasche 2 (tascheor)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  tasker n.  MED:  tasker(e n.  DMLBS:  taxator 3378b

The word as used in henley2 (spelled as tassour or tasçur) may also be interpreted as an agent use of the verb tasser (‘to heap, pile up), and hence be translated as ‘stacker of corn’. This translation is favoured by the editor of henley2, in spite of the form taskur. See also TL tassëor 10,134.

Another interpretation of this same set of citations in henley2 is that they may be variant spellings of taxur (‘tax assessor’), which etymologically is the same word.

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occupationpiece-worker, worker who is paid per task (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  TNA SC 8/111/5544
♦occupationagriculturalthresher, worker who is paid for the task of threshing: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) de .viij. quarters seit pris le .ixme. de tascurs par dreite mesure  HENLEY2 276.c39
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) Les acunturs deyvent defendre sur aconte a baillif ke nule cumble [de blé] ne seit mes resu de grange en gerner, mes ke l'em prenge nyef quarteres pur ut, par certeyne mesure estrike, de taskurs, e ke lez busseauz, e lez demi busseus, e les canteus  HENLEY2 290.c74
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) Le seygnur ne sey deit pas fere conseiler [...] de nul desturné losengur (var. (A5: s.xivin) tassour ), ne geybur, ne de nul ky porte testmeyne al astermuer  HENLEY2 292.c77 (var.)
♦(used as a surname): 
( 1281 ) Benedictus le Taskur  MED tasker(e n.
( 1327 ) Ricardus le Tasker  MED tasker(e n.

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See also:

tasche1  taskwork 
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