brisere (s.xiii)
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brisere (s.xiii)

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[ FEW: 1,532b brisare; Gdf: 1,735b briseor; GdfC: 8,378c briseur; TL: 1,1151 brisëor; DEAF:  brisier (briseor); DMF:  briseur; TLF:  briseur; OED:  bruiser v.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
brisor;  brusour , 
pl.  brusourus  

s.

1one who breaks into or out of: 
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Les briseres de seint eglise Ublier ne devun en nule guise  31
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  de brusours de la prisoun le Roi  i 179
brisere de lei
1law-breaker: 
( MS: s.xiii )  legirumpi: brusourus [de] ley  ii 121
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