taccare

1 taccare [1 taccum+are], tachiare [tachia+-are; cf. ME tachen, AN tacher, cf. et. attachiare] 1 to attach, fasten or secure in position (with nails), tack (one thing to another). b to tack (cloth). c to attach (supplementary document or sim.). 1303 carecte ‥ in ij strak’ emendandis cum xxx clavis emptis ad alios strakos thachiand’ per loca necessaria, viij d. MinAc 991/26; 1323 in dim. c de tacnayl ad taccand’ tapet’ domini regis (Glouc) Ib. 854/7. b 1447 unam peciam panni lati vocati blanket, continentem xij virgas, plicatam et takkatam (KR Mem) Bronnen 1324; 1465 nulla persona ‥ eosdem pannos et duodenas non taket aut simul plicet priusquam dictus ulnator scrutinium et supervisum sua debite fecerit FineR 274 m. 14. c c1300 in quadam cedula rotulo ‥ tachiata KR Ac 501/23 m. 2; 1340 per ‥ literam thesaurarii eisdem literis tachiatam CatAncD IV A 9780. 2 to attach a protective or reinforcing metal plate to (in quot., axle of cart, cf. 1 taccum 3). 1280 in xij tackis cum clavis suis ad axes carectarum tackandos emptis, ix d. (Stockton) Ac. Man. Wint.. 3 to create an embankment for, to embank. 1354 in solucione facta domino episcopo pro stagno molend’ fullonatici de Akley tacheando super vastum episcopi xxj d. Ac. Durh. 554; pro stagno molend’ full’ tacheat’ super vastum Ib. 556.

2 taccare [ME taken < AS tacan], to take (into one’s hands), lay hold of, (in quot. w. ref. to etymology of wapentagium, understood as) to agree or confirm, or f. l. [hundretum vocant wapentagium.] Anglice ‥ arma vocantur wepne et taccare [vv. ll. tactare, tractare] confirmare, quasi armorum confirmacio (Leg. Ed.) GAS 653 (cf. ib.: magis expresse secundum linguam Anglicam ‥ wapen ‥ arma ‥ tac tactus est).

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