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marcher1 (s.xiii2/4)

marcher1 (s.xiii2/4)

marcheer;  mercher  
  FEW: Gdf:  marcheer 1 5,165a GdfC: TL: marchëer 5,1133 DEAF:  marchié (marcheer)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

v.trans.

merch.to purchase, bargain for
( s.xiv )  si nul eit fayt marché, nul autre s'entremette [...] de bieof, ou de l'autre aver qu'il avera marché  Bor Cust ii 177
( 1375 )  Pour ce que nous voulons que le novelle park deinz nostre dit forest soit novellement enclosez; voulons et vous mandons que les cheisnes marchez pour meisme l'enclosure deinz le dit forest vous facez livrer a nostre tresamé esquier Raulyn Ypre  GAUNT1 ii 280
fig.finan.to purchase, redeem
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  De son sanc me ad merchee  boz Seven Poems 95.67

v.intrans.

merch.finan.to trade, buy and sell
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Et hors del Temple touz jetat K'eu liu marcheant trovat  Corset ANTS 752

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See also:

marchander  marchandiser  marchant  marché1  marcheil  marchiere 
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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