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[aguaiteur] (s.xii1)
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[aguaiteur] (s.xii1)

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agueiteur  (awertur)  
  FEW:  *wahta 17,455a Gdf:  agaiteor 1,157a GdfC: ∅ TL: agaiteor 1,204 DEAF:  agaiteur G68 DMF:  aguetteur  TLF: ∅ OED:  awaiter n.  MED:  awaiter n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

one who lies in wait to ambush: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Il rendrat mal a mes agueiteurs (Latin: insidiatoribus)  Camb Ps 93.XLIII.5
♦fig.seducer, corruptor (?): 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  plagiatorem: (L) awertur (l. aweitur?)  TLL ii 42
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