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emperur (s.xii1/3)
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emperur (s.xii1/3)

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amperour,  amperur,  aumperur;  empereior,  empereor,  empereour,  empereur,  emperor,  emperour;  enpereor,  enperur  (amperedor  S Alexis1 362,  empareur  Lett Rois 145,  emperethur  S Alexis1 35,  emperedur  S Alexis1 414 );
n.sg. amperere,  aumperur,  aunpirere;  emperaire,  empereere,  empereire,  emperer,  emperere,  empereres,  empereris,  empererz,  emperiere,  emperiers,  emperires;  (enperiere  Rom de Rou wace i 277.3109,  enpires,  empreeres  Invention 29r ),
(pl. emperesses  Mandeville 399)  
  FEW:  imperator 4,585a Gdf:  emperier 1 3,58c GdfC:  empereor 9,440c TL: emperëor 3,100 DEAF:  empereor  DMF:  empereur  TLF:  empereur  OED:  emperor n.  MED:  emperour  DMLBS:  imperator 1246b

s.

statusemperor, ruler of an empire: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  Neruns fut de Rume emperere  Lapid 28.17
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  Dunc vint li emperires avant Od le patriarche vaillant  ADGAR3 303.89
( 1214-16; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Charlemayne nostre empererz  Turpin 949
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiim )  L’empereor Costentin  HALES 217
♦statussupreme ruler: 
( c.1141; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Li reis Tracianus, Empereres e dus, A Rome la cité [...] La fist a lui venir  Sibile 76
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Li tres poissant sires ke reis e enpires (var. (BN: s.xivin) emperiers) ert e governours du ciel  Ancren2 207.31
( 1397 )  nostre seigneur le roy, come entier emperour de son roialme d’Engleterre  Rot Parl1 iii 343

See also:

emperere1  emperice 
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