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levour (1293)

levour (1293)

 
  FEW:  levare 5,280a Gdf:  leveor 1 4,768a GdfC: TL: levëor 5,357 DEAF: DMF:  leveur 1  TLF:  leveur  OED: MED: DMLBS:  levator 1590c

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1occupationtaxlevier, person who levies taxes etc.
( 1293 )  Si Maud portat bref sur le rendre, e ele ne pout cunter de la seysyne le leveor [...]  YBB 21-22 Ed I 61
( 1347 )  qe come diverses extorsions et grevances sont faitz au poeple par ascuns des coillours des leines, levours et taxours d'autres taxes et talliages  Rot Parl1 ii 171
2rebel, one who rises up against authority
( 1381 )  pur punir les rebelx et les levours encountre le pees  Rot Parl1 iii 118

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See also:

levé  lever1 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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