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begger1 (1275)

begger1 (1275)

beggare,  beggere  
  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
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

s.

1beggar, mendicant, one who asks alms
( 1376 )  aumoynes [...] donez as tiels fautores mendinantz (l. mendivantz) et beggeres  Rot Parl1 ii 340
( 1376 )  de les beggers et stafstrikeres  Rot Parl1 ii 341
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1275 )  Adam le Beggare  Family Names Beggar

See also:

begue 
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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