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

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

s.

1one who lies in wait to ambush: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Il rendrat mal a mes agueiteurs (Latin: insidiatoribus)  93.XLIII.5
♦fig.seducer, corruptor (?): 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  plagiatorem: (L) awertur (l. aweitur?)  ii 42
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