begger1 (1275)
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begger1 (1275)

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  FEW:  *beggen 15/i,88b Gdf:  begart 1 1,612a GdfC: ∅ TL: begart 1,900 DEAF:  beguine (begart)  DMF:  bégard  TLF:  bégard  OED:  beggar n.  MED:  begger(e n.  DMLBS:  Begardus 189c
beggare,  beggere  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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1beggar, mendicant, one who asks alms: 
( 1376 )  aumoynes [...] donez as tiels fautores mendinantz (l. mendivantz) et beggeres  ii 340
( 1376 )  de les beggers et stafstrikeres  ii 341
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1275 )  Adam le Beggare  Beggar
begue 
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