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granger (c.1100)
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granger (c.1100)

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grangier,  grangur,  graunger, 
(pl. graungyrs  Sel Bills Eyre 137)  
  FEW:  *granica 4,226b Gdf:  grangier 4,335c GdfC: ∅ TL: grangier 4,545 DEAF:  grange (grangier) G1214 DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  granger n.  MED:  graunger n.  DMLBS:  grangiarius 1096a

s.

1agriculturaloccupationgranary-keeper, barn-keeper: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  A seyn Fraunceys baylla la cure De sa graunge e la aventure Cessa, kar sun bon graunger Le delyvera de ceu daunger  S Fran ANTS 8608
( 1297 )  Nus vous envooms Richard nostre palefrayur a demorer ad vous com granger e voloms qe vous ly liverez checune semaigne un bussel de forment  Westm Wenlok 83.109
( MS: s.xiv2/3 )  Et nomément qe un granger qe des granges et des bledz avera la garde soit ordené et assigné par le seignur  HENLEY2 476.23
2agriculturaloccupationkeeper of a grange: 
( c.1285; MS: c.1312 )  hom veit sovent qe le granger e le gerenter (l. gerneter) se joinent ensemble pur mal fere  HENLEY2 322.c54
( 1308-09 )  Jorden discart qe fu grangur en l’aunee de antan  Sel Bills Eyre 137
( MS: s.xiv2/3 )  et meynz feust trové sur la compte en defaulte de baillif, provost, graunger, bernbrutte, ou aultre  HENLEY2 476.4
3 name (used as a surname): 
( c.1100 )  William le Grangier  Family Names Grainger
( 1247 )  Walter le Graunger  Family Names Grainger

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See also:

grange1  grangerie 
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