A Survey of English Bynames: Semester

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

© 2002-2013 by Kathleen M. O'Brien. All rights reserved.
Version 1.4, updated 10 March 2013


Semester
"OE sēamestre, feminine sēamere 'sewer, tailor', sempstress; used aslo of a man. cf. SEAMER." (Reaney & Wilson, p. 410 s.n. Simester)
"Occup. 'the sempster,' i.e. sempstress, a common entry for women." (Bardsley, p. 677 s.n. Sempster)
 
NameAdditional DescriptionDateSource
PeterleSemester 1275Reaney & Wilson (p. 410 s.n. Simester)
Alicia Semester 1276Reaney & Wilson (p. 410 s.n. Simester)
Elizabetha Semster 1379Bardsley (p. 677 s.n. Sempster)
Sissot Seymster 1379Bardsley (p. 677 s.n. Sempster)
Isabella Semester 1379Bardsley (p. 677 s.n. Sempster)
Margareta Semester 1379Bardsley (p. 677 s.n. Sempster)
Julia Semster 1380Reaney & Wilson (p. 410 s.n. Simester)
Margaret Sembster 1381Reaney & Wilson (p. 410 s.n. Simester)


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