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atir1 (c.1185)

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The form attile is a cross reference to the following entry:

atir1 (c.1185)

atire;  attir,  attyr,  attire;  atiere;  atil,  attil,  attile,  attill  
  FEW:  *têri 17,326b Gdf:  atir 1,476a GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF:  atir  TLF: OED:  attire n.  MED:  atir n.  DMLBS:  attirum 155a

s.

1equipment, gear
( 1298 )  cinquante bons mineurs […] ové lour ustiz e tot lour attyl  Crisis 182.4
( 1350 )  Item devise a […] mon fitz […] mes armes et armurs, sauf mon atyre pour mortuarie  Test Ebor i 62
equipment for carts
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  E il doyt veer qe le attir de sa charette e sun herneyz soyent bien gardeez  HENLEY2 280.c50 (var. p. 302)
( 1313 )  jeo ey les avant dites charettes ou tout leur atir a Berewyke  Lett AF 99
mil.equipment
( 1305 )  la ou ly furent deliverez de la Garderobe cynkaunte livres […] pur armures, e autr’ atyr qe il avoyt afere pur la dite Gerr’  Rot Parl1 i 462
mil.battle-gear
( 1329-30 )  E les justices accepterunt (pret.6) lur attire pur ceo qe ceo fut acordant  YBB 3-4 Ed III 552
ship.gear, tackle
( c.1185 )  Li venz cummence a traverser […] Muntent undes, crest lor peril, Tut unt desgardé lor atil; Rumpent lor cordes, cruist la nef  Proth ANTS 382
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  D’armes [..] chargent lur nefs, Portent atil, levent lur trefs  S Edw paris ANTS 1326
( 1379-80 )  reward pur le gast & appairement de lour attil  Rot Parl1 iii 86
2costume clothes, apparel
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Fouke ly (=charcoal-burner) pria […] qu’il ly velsist doner ces (=ses) vestures […] Fouke remeynt e se vesty meyntenant de le atyr qe le charboner ly avoit donee  Fouke ANTS 49.9
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  La dame ad sa lavendere pur ly e sa meynee De laver lor atil  BOZ Char 510
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  de beles robes et d’autre bel atire  Sz Med1 117
eccl.textile(altar-)cloths
( 1347 )  les principals vestementz entiers pour ma chapele ové l’entier attire pour l’autier  Test Ebor i 44
3ship.gear, tackle
( 1338 )  la vindrent J.B., Mestier de la Nief […] et pristerent hors del dite Nief les biens marchandises, & les attiles & hustilment (l. l’ustilment?) del dite Nief […] c’est assaver, viii lastz de piz, ccc de bordz  Rot Parl1 ii 100

s. pl.

costume clothes
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  se vestirent de un escarlet vert […] e de tous atirs furent […] richement atireez  Fouke ANTS 43.32
atir de teste
costumeheaddress
( c.1335 )  Quele dame out plus de grace De estre prisee a la feste Pur l’atyre de sa teste!  Lyric 215.31

See also:

atur1  tire2 
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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