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compere1 (s.xiiiex)
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compere1 (s.xiiiex)

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compier,  compeyre  
  FEW:  compater 2/ii,973b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  compere 9,139b TL: compere 2,626 DEAF:  compere  DMF:  compère  TLF:  compère  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  compater 404a

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1eccl.kinshipgodfather: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  dire tut apertement si il fust […] homme espus ou soen parent u soen compere  Ancren2 73.4
( 1366 )  l’Abbé de S.A. […] et Monsire T.D. […] furent compiers al dit enfant & la countesse comeere  Rot Parl1 ii 292
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1332 )  Walter le Compeyre  Family Names Comper
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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