afiur (s.xiii1)
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afiur (s.xiii1)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  fïer (afiur)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
afier, 
pl. afiorus  

The word is only attested as a gloss to a passage in Alexander Nequam's Latin De Nominibus Utensilium which juxtaposes clangatores ('those who make noise, i.e. defy or provoke hostility') with caduciatores ('those who call for peace'). Different manuscripts seem to have confused the two terms, and the same Anglo-Norman gloss seems to be applied to both Latin words. The a- prefix suggests an apposition to defiur, and the word is defined accordingly.

s.

1appeaser, conciliator, one who makes peace: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  clangatores: (J) des afiers (l. desafiers?) (var. (R: s.xiii1) criurs; (D: s.xiii1) fiurs)  248.70
( MS: s.xiii1 )  caducatores: (R) afiurs (var. (J: s.xiii1) criurs; (D: s.xiii1) defiurs)  248.70
( MS: s.xiii )  caduciatores: afiurs, fesaunt pes  ii 113.70
( MS: s.xiii2 )  [...] quorum sententia ad simile est hortans vel a simile est dehortans sine conjectura. Sint etiam tam clangatores gloss: afiurs quam caduciatores  i 184.70 and ii 82.70
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  caduciatores: (L) afiorus (var. (C: s.xiii2) apesours qui confirmant pacem )  ii 71.70
affier#1 
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