pawtener

plural pawteners

1. obsoleteA bag or pouch; purse, scrip.

   This fonde frantyke fouconer, Wyth his polutyd pawtenar

   c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 43–44

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   He had a pautner with purſes manyfolde, And ſurely lined with ſiluer and with golde, Within his wallet were meates good and fine, Both ſtore and plentie had he of ale and wine, […]

   c. 1518, Alexander Barclay, The fourth Egloge of Alexander Barclay, entitled Codrus and Minalcas, treating of the behauour of Riche men agaynſt Poetes

   She leaves Nicholas Wetwang (sheriff of Newcastle in 1454 and 1462) a gold broche and pawtener, and his wife a gold ring; […]

   1884, Richard Welford, History of Newcastle and Gateshead, volume 1, page 340