Le Clodchepinge . . . . I'm not going to risk a guess at the term but suggest that the context may give a clue? I assume it is Old French, which would suggest a mediaeval dating. Possibly not a surname then, perhaps it might be an Anglicisation of a place name or personal name . . . 'cheaping' meant a market? The definite article suggests something other than an occupation In my childhood, large boots were called clodhoppers. I'm sure it's not that! I await the opinion of a learned contributor. Mike N.

The temptation to recall clodhoppers was rather strong and did come immediately to mind but think it may not have described a place in the middle of Lichfield, albeit in 1312. At least, I'm hoping that the middle of Lichfield wasn't so muddy as to require clodhoppers. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Nason" <mfcn@btinternet.com> To: "List, OE" <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 5:07 PM Subject: [OEL] Word meaning > Le Clodchepinge . . . . > > I'm not going to risk a guess at the term but suggest that the context may > give a clue? I assume it is Old French, which would suggest a mediaeval > dating. Possibly not a surname then, perhaps it might be an Anglicisation > of a place name or personal name . . . 'cheaping' meant a market? The > definite article suggests something other than an occupation > > In my childhood, large boots were called clodhoppers. I'm sure it's not > that! I await the opinion of a learned contributor. > > Mike N. > > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >