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tollere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
tollere, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§602;
A toll-taker, tax-gatherer
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  • Tollere telonearius, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 56:

    theolenarius,

      74, 45.
  • Matheus wæs tollere,

      Homl. Th. i. 324, 3: ii. 288, 17.
  • God hine áwende of tollere tó apostole,

      468, 15.
  • Ðone se Hǽlend geceás of woruldlícum tollere tó gástlícum godspellere,

      Homl. Skt. i. 15, 129.
  • Ðæs cáseres tolleras áxodon Petrus ... 'Wyle eówer láreów ǽnig toll syllan?' Homl. Th. i. 510, 27.
Etymology
[Ryche Pers þe tollere, H. S. 5816. I seiȝ tolleres in marketes, Piers P. prol. 220. Tollare or takare of tol telonearius, Prompt. Parv. 496.]
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v. tolnere.
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