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despendeor (c.1136-65)
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despendeor (c.1136-65)

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despendeour,  despendour  
  FEW:  dispendare 3,97b Gdf:  despendeor 1 2,626a GdfC: ∅ TL: despendëor 2 2,1683 DEAF:  despendre (despendeor)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  dispender n.  MED:  dispendour n.  DMLBS: ∅

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1dispenser, supplier: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Ne li clerc ne seient avelx (=greedy, mean) Ki de dimes unt lur catelx; N’unt pas a dire que seit lur Fors ke seient despendeor  Salemon 2394
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Puys aprés eles (=women for whom a man buys everything) fount lour mowes, Et mokent cele despendour Ke lour fist si grant honour  Courtoisie 407.225
2squanderer: 
( s.xiv1 )  q’il ne soit desmesurez en despendre, ne despendeour ne gasteour de ses choses  Lib Cust 18

See also:

spendur 
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