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tapor

  • noun [ masculine ]
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tapor, (-er, -ur); m.
A taper; also the wick of a lamp
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  • Leóhtfæt lampas, candel candela, taper papyrus (cf. leóhtfæt lucernarium, weoce

    papirus,

    • 26, 56
    • ),
    • Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 35.
  • Tapor cereus,

    • 81, 32:

    cerastus,

    • ii. 130, 23.
  • Swegles tapur

    the sun,

    • Exon. Th. 205, 18;
    • Ph. 114.
  • Onfangenum tapere

    accepto cereo,

    • Anglia xiii. 403, 548.
  • Hé hiene onǽlþ mid ðæm tapore (-ure, Hatt. MS.) ðæs godcundan liegges,

    • Past. 36;
    • Swt. 258, 13.
  • Acolitus is gecweden se ðe candele oððe tapor byrþ, ðonnemann godspell rǽt,

    • L. Ælfc. C. 14;
    • Th. ii. 348, 4.
  • Se sacerd gehálgodne tapor in ðæt wæter déþ,

    • Wulfst. 36, 5.
  • Taperas

    cerei,

    • Anglia xiii. 402, 529: 403, 541.
  • Ðrítig teapera,

    • Chart. Th. 473, 32.
  • Ðá com ðæs landes menigu mid leóhtfatum and mid taperum,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 474, 24.
  • Taporas

    cereos,

    • Germ. 395, 72.
  • Taperas,

    • Lchdm. iii. 202, 4.
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v.  tapor-berend teaper.
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  • tapor, n.