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admiral (c.1170)
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admiral (c.1170)

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admirail,  admiraill,  admirall,  admiralle;  amiral,  amirail,  amiraill,  amirant,  amiraunt,  amirau,  amiraud,  amiraude;  ammiraille;  amerail,  ameraille,  ameral,  amerale,  amerall,  ameralle,  amerayll,  amerelle; 
pl. admiraulx  (ameireux,  amronz,  armiralx,  amirez  Horn 608)  
  FEW:  amir 19,4b Gdf:  amiral 1,267b GdfC:  amiral 8,106b TL: amiral 1,353 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  amiral  TLF:  amiral  OED:  admiral n.  MED:  amiral n.  DMLBS:  admirallus 32a

s.

1mil.occupationemir, commander: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ne vus forfera ja amirail n’aumazor  Horn 3821
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  Souz cel n’ad si riche houme […] Que jeo amase mie Pur tout l’or de Pavie, Ne amirail ne counte  Cor Lai 367
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1245 )  B. […] se croisa en la Tere Seinte pur penance fere, si ke […] il fu pris cum esclave en la prisun un amiraud  Pop Med 104
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  De Turcois et des ameireux ferment fu naufré  Longespee 149
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Cist Machomete desceut plusours Judeus, et entre Sarazins ordina qatre pretours, qe sont apellés amirails  TREVET Cron1 224.11
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  il se fist mesmes appeller admirail ou Prothesimboles (var. (A: c.1375) admiral en protesimboles; (D: s.xv1/4) protosumbolos)  TREVET Cron1 224.12
2mil.admiral: 
( 1366 )  deux hommes od deux amronz ové les Neefs de Hastinges  ROUGH 242
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  amerelle del dite navee d’Engleterre  Anon Chr1 16.18
♦lawnaval officer with jurisdiction over certain maritime pleas: 
( 1338 )  B. de B. Admirall dé Cink Portz  Rot Parl1 ii 100
( 1379 )  T.P. Admiral del north  Rot Parl1 iii 63
( 1390 )  qe la poair des admiralx et lour jurisdiction soient clerement declarez  Rot Parl1 iii 282
( 1391 )  declarez est […] qe de toutes maneres contractz, plees, et querelles […] sourdantz deinz les corps des countees sibien par terre come par eawe, et aussint de wrek de meer, la court de l’admirall eit nulle manere conissance  Stats ii 78

a.

commanding, ruling: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Sin rendrez le treu al soldein amirant (: manant, demandant)  Horn 3004

See also:

admiralté  suzadmiral 
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