233. _tipet_, a loose hood, which seems to have been used as a pocket. 'When the Order [of Franciscans] degenerated, the friar combined with the spiritual functions the occupation of pedlar, huxter, mountebank, and quack doctor.' (Brewer.) 'Thei [the friars] becomen pedderis [pedlars], berynge knyues, pursis, pynnys, and girdlis, and spices, and sylk, and precious pellure and forrouris [_sorts of fur_] for wymmen, and therto smale gentil hondis [_dogs_], to gete love of hem, and to haue many grete yiftis for litil good or nought.'--Wyclif's Works, ed. Matthew, p. 12. As to the _tipet_, cf. notes to ll. 682, 3953. In an old poem printed in Brewer's Monumenta Franciscana, we have the following allusion to the dealings of the friar:-- 'For thai have noght to lyve by, they wandren here and there, And dele with dyvers marche, right as thai pedlers were; Thei dele with pynnes and knyves, With gyrdles, gloves for wenches and wyves, Ther thai are haunted till.' In a poem in MS. Camb., Ff. 1. 6, fol. 156, it is explained that the limitour craftily gives 'pynnys, gerdyllis, and knyeffis' to wommen, in order to receive better things in return. He could get knives for [27] less than a penny a-piece. Cf. 'De j. doss. cultellorum dict. penyware. xd.'; York Wills, iii. 96. Women used to wear knives sheathed and suspended from their girdles; such knives were often given to a bride. See the chapter on _Bride-knives_ in Brand's Popular Antiquities. _farsed_, stuffed; from F. _farcir_. Cf. E. _farce_. 236. _rote_ is a kind of fiddle or 'crowd,' not a hurdy-gurdy, as it is explained by Ritson, and in the glossary to Sir Tristrem. Cf. Spenser, F. Q. ii. 10. 3; iv. 9. 6; Sir Degrevant, l. 37 (see Halliwell's note, at p. 289 of the Thornton Romances). See my Etym. Dictionary. 237. _yeddinges_, songs embodying some popular tales or romances. In Sir Degrevant, l. 1421, we are told that a lady 'song yeddyngus,' i. e. sang songs. For singing such songs, he was in the highest estimation. From A. S. _geddian_, to sing. Cf. P. Plowman, A. i. 138:--'Ther thou art murie at thy mete, whon me biddeth the _yedde_.' _prys_ answers both to E. _prize_ and _price_; cf. l. 67. 239. _champioun_, champion; i. e. a professional fighter in judicial lists. Cf. P. Plowman, C. xxi. 104; and see Britton, liv. i. ch. 23. § 15. 241. _tappestere_, a female tapster. In olden times the retailers of beer, and for the most part the brewers also, appear to have been females. The _-stere_ or _-ster_ as a feminine affix (though in the fourteenth century it is not always or regularly used as such) occurs in M. E. _brewstere_, _webbestere_, Eng. _spinster_. In _huckster_, _maltster_, _songster_, this affix has acquired the meaning of an agent; and in _youngster_, _gamester_, _punster_, &c., it implies contempt. See Skeat, Principles of Etymology, pt. i. § 238. Cf. _beggestere_, female beggar, 242. 242. _Bet_, better, adv.; as distinguished from _bettre_, adj. (l. 524).