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’.)
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 66 Þe wreche peoddare more noise he makeð to ȝeien his sope, þen a riche mercer al his deorewurðe ware. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 12 Pedderis berynge..precious pellure and forrouris for wymmen. 14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 685/18 Hic revelus, a peder. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 389/2 Peddare, calatharius (K. qui facit calathos), quaxillarius, quassillarius,..(P. piscarius). c 1440 Jacob's Well 41 Fullerys, mercerys, grocerys, vynterys, pedderys, owyn to payin þe tythe of here getyng be here craft. 1483 Cath. Angl. 272/2 A Pedder (A. A Pedare or A Pedlare), revolus, negociator. 1513 Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 55 The pirat pressis to peyll the pedder his pak. 1597 Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Pede-pulverosus, Ane pedder, is called an marchand, or creamer, quha bearis ane pack or creame vpon his back. 1764 J. 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. 1807 Hogg Mountain Bard 188 To guard the door, An' bark at pethers, boys, an' whips. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Pedder, one who carries wares in a ped, pitches it in open market, and sells from it. 1825 Brockett N.C. Gloss., Pedder, Pether,..a pedlar—a travelling merchant. |
b. Comb., as pedder-coffe (cofe n. 2), pedder-man.
| c 1550 Lyndesay (title) Ane Discriptioun of Peder Coffeis, having na regaird till honestie in thair vocatioun. Ibid. 3 This hole perfyte genolagie Of pedder knavis superlatyve. 1552 Huloet, Pedderman, institor. 1820 Scott Monast. xxxv, The pedder-coffe who travels the land. |