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assaiour (s.xiiim)
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assaiour (s.xiiim)

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assaior,  assaiur,  assaeour;  asseiour,  asseour,  asseur;  essaur  
  FEW:  exagium 3,256a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  essaieur 9,552c TL: essaiëor 3,1286 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  essayeur  TLF:  essayeur  OED:  assayer n.  MED:  assaiour n.  DMLBS:  essaiator 804a

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1tester, prover: 
( MS: s.xiiim )  E cels i alerent dunc pur lui essaer […] La terce (=provocative remark) distrent a lui ces essaurs  Vitas 3181
2lawweightoccupationunitassayer (of weights & measures): 
( 1299 )  si les assaiours troussent les deners bons e loiaux en pois  Stats i 132
( 1314-15 )  pur ceo que nul assai n’est fait de ceux draps, les marchauntz sount disceus […] Dont il prient au […] Roi qu’il voille ordiner […] l’assai & mettre assaiour  Rot Parl1 i 292
♦lawbrewingoccupationale-taster: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  si il (=cervoyse) ne seit si bone e si tryé e si apertement bracé par le assay e le discrecion des assayurs  Court Bar (A) 25
3culin.occupation(king’s) food-taster: 
( 1318; MS: s.xv )  qi le roi eit un esquier […] gardein dez viandez pour sa bouche, et assaeour de sa table  Ord York 252
4lawoccupationassessor (of value): 
( 1313-14 )  puis les ditz asseours se acordereient et asistrent le quarter de melliour furment a .vj. s.  YBB Ed II v 11
♦taxoccupationassessor (of taxes): 
( 1296-97 )  les deus chefs asseours e taxours  Rot Parl1 i 239
( 1357 )  lez asseours et taxours de xve  ROUGH 119

See also:

assessour1  assessour2 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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