A Survey of English Bynames: le Hakkere

by Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada (Kathleen M. O'Brien)

© 2002-2012 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 1.3, updated 24 June 2012


le Hakkere
"A derivative of ME hacken 'to hack', one who hacks, a cutter, probably a wood-cutter. Or, perhaps, a maker of hacks', used in ME of agricultural tools such as mattocks and hoes." (Reaney & Wilson, p. 210 s.n. Hacker)
 
NameAdditional DescriptionDateSource
AdamleHakkere 1262Reaney & Wilson (p. 210 s.n. Hacker)


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