archer2 (c.1136-37)
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archer2 (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 25,126b arcus; Gdf: 1,382a archier 1 /1,382c archoier 1 /1,381b archeoir; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,504 archoier; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  archer 2 / archier 2; TLF: ∅; OED:  arch v.2; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 121a arcuariare ]
archeier  

v.a.

1weaponsmil.to shoot with an arrow: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  estoit arché de une sete en le Noveau Foreste  296.24

v.n.

1weaponsmil.to shoot with the bow: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Si archent ové lour arks par grant randoné  965
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  amoyne le roy pur archer  49.28
♦weaponsven.to hunt (with a bow): 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Li reis esteit alé archeier  6248
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