accusour (s.xii3/4)

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accusour (s.xii3/4)

  FEW:  accusare 24,93b Gdf:  acuseor 1,93b GdfC: TL: acuseor 1,132 DEAF:  acuser (acuseor)  DMF:  accuseur  TLF: OED:  accuser n.  / accusor n.  MED:  ac(c)usour n.  DMLBS:  accusator 17b
accuseor,  accuser,  accusur;  acuseur,  acusour,  acusor,  acusur; 
n.sg.sometimes accusere,  acuseres,  acuserres  

s.

1accuser, one who makes a charge of wrongdoing
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) Coment Alisandre fist prendre Parmenion l'acusor son mire  2828.rubr.
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  (God) serrat jugierres e le deables acuserres e li huem culpables  69.71
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiim )  serrunt les acuseurs present  217
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  nul ne poet estre countour qi ne purra estre accusour ou actour  48
( 1351 ) le vallet [...], qi dust aver esté un de les ditz accusours  iii 219
lawone who issues an accusation before Parliament
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  En queus cas les encusez sunt pernables e en plein parlement die l’accusour […]  53
2 pej. slanderer
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Alez enquere certeynement Si le frere surdit est innocent; A le accusur dure correctiun Donez  3479
accusatif  accusation  accusatorie  accusement  accuser#1  encusour 
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