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commere (c.1136-37)

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commere (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,945b commater; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,133b commere; TL: 2,607 comere; DEAF: comere; DMF: commère; TLF: commère; OED: cummer n.; MED: commare n.; DMLBS: 391b commater ]

comeere; cumere, cummere

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1kinship eccl.femalegodmother:

( c.1136-37; MS: s.xii^ex ) Dunc demandat de sa cumere U ele esteit, u ert sun pere 3775

( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) Ne puis pas entendre pur quei huem ne puisset prendre sa cummere e sa fillole? 63.51

( 1366 ) l’Abbé de S.A. […] et Monsire T.D. […] furent compiers al dit enfant & la countesse comeere ii 292

2neighbour, crony, gossip:

( 1396; MS: s.xv¹ ) Ma commere, q’est le droit chymyn vers Parys? 8.11

( 1415; MS: s.xv^1/4 ) Ele est evesque (=with) une commere 72.27

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