calamare

1 calamare, ~iare [cf. OF chaumer] , to gather stubble. 1287 caumiabit xvj cumulos stipule et in quolibet cumulo erunt v garbe Rec. Crondal 98 (cf. ib. 100: †cauniabit [? l. caumabit]); 1324 in stipula calmanda et colligenda, lx opera Rec. Elton 289; c1325 si stipulam colliget, debet calmare dim. acram Cust. Swith. (Bishopstone) f. 88v; si caumiat, caumiabit a mane usque ad terciam Ib. (Aulton) f. 130v; 1340 in stipulo calemando, in grosso iij s. (Suff) MinAc 992/2; 1361 in xij acris stipule calmand’ pro coopertura dictarum domorum (Essex) Ib. 840/22 m. 2; to gedir handfuls, ~are CathA.

2 calamare, ~arium , penner, pen-case. 1412 in notarium publicum fuit creatus et de officio tabellionatus per ~is tradicionem realiter investitus Reg. Durh. I 169; pennere, pennarium, ~ium; penne and ynkhorn in on word, scriptorium, ~ium PP; 1450 receperunt ‥ vj spectaculorum custodias, iiij acuum custodias, ij ~ia Cl 300 m. 21d.; an inkehorne, atramentarium, ~ium CathA; 1503 auctoritate creandi notarios publicos ‥ ac de notariatus ‥ officiis per pennam et ~e investiendi (Lit. Papae) Form. S. Andr. II 254 (cf. ib. 258: per ~ium, pennam atque chartam).