fermailer
.
Searchable Lemmata: firmacularius (L), fermailer (AF).
Alternate Forms: firmacularii, fermeyler.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Occupation;
maker of clasps or brooches.(ante 1230 - post 1450)
1. [125] ... firmaculariii habeant ante se firmacula ... de plumbo facta et de stagno, et ferro et cupro ... allutarii ... conservant sibi *forumpedias, aequitibialia et spatulas [gl.: aequitibialia dicuntur estivax, ab equus, aequitibiala, aequitibialum, quia adequantur tibie] ... [126] ... clamant ciphos reparandos cum filo eneo [v.l. ereo] et argenteo
Other.
[DMLBS GARL. (Dict. 125-126) ante 1230]
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, from the nouns firmaculum, fermail (see fermail) 'clasp, brooch' etc., + corresponding agent suffixes in Latin (-arius) and French (-er).
WF: Derivation
Etym Cog: fermailer (AF).
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