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pedder Now Sc. and dial.|ˈpɛdə(r)|
Forms: 3 peoddare, 4–6 (9 dial.) pedder, 5 ped(d)are, peder, 8 peddar, 9 dial. pether, -ur.
[app. a derivative of ped, pannier, basket, although ped has not yet been found so early. Cf. also pedlar.]
One who carried about goods for sale (? in a ‘ped’ or pack); a pedlar. (But in one MS. of Promp. Parv. app. ‘a maker of panniers, a basket-maker’.)
a1225Ancr. R. 66 Þe wreche peoddare more noise he makeð to ȝeien his sope, þen a riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 12 Pedderis berynge..precious pellure and forrouris for wymmen. 14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 685/18 Hic revelus, a peder. c1440Promp. Parv. 389/2 Peddare, calatharius (K. qui facit calathos), quaxillarius, quassillarius,..(P. piscarius). c1440Jacob's Well 41 Fullerys, mercerys, grocerys, vynterys, pedderys, owyn to payin þe tythe of here getyng be here craft. 1483Cath. Angl. 272/2 A Pedder (A. A Pedare or A Pedlare), revolus, negociator. 1513Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 55 The pirat pressis to peyll the pedder his pak. 1597Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Pede-pulverosus, Ane pedder, is called an marchand, or creamer, quha bearis ane pack or creame vpon his back. 1764J. Kirby's Suffolk Trav. (ed. 2) 53 It is no unusual thing for Peddars to attend the Tides regularly, receive and pack up the Fish, on the common Key. 1807Hogg Mountain Bard 188 To guard the door, An' bark at pethers, boys, an' whips. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Pedder, one who carries wares in a ped, pitches it in open market, and sells from it. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Pedder, Pether,..a pedlar—a travelling merchant.
b. Comb., as pedder-coffe (cofe n. 2), pedder-man.
c1550Lyndesay (title) Ane Discriptioun of Peder Coffeis, having na regaird till honestie in thair vocatioun. Ibid. 3 This hole perfyte genolagie Of pedder knavis superlatyve. 1552Huloet, Pedderman, institor. 1820Scott Monast. xxxv, The pedder-coffe who travels the land. |