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criur1 (1221)

criur1 (1221)

crier,  crieur,  crior,  criour,  crioure,  cryer  
  FEW:  quiritare 2/ii,1487a Gdf: GdfC:  crieor 9,249c TL: crëor 2,1056 DEAF:  crïer 2 (crïeor)  DMF:  crieur 1  TLF:  crieur  OED:  crier n.  MED:  criour n.  DMLBS:

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1 occupationmerch. hawker, trader who cries wares for sale
( MS: s.xiii ) precones (gloss: (C*) criurs) vini clamant gula hyante vinum attaminatum in tabemis ad quatuor denarios et ad sex et ad octo et ad duodecim  TLL i 198.29 and ii 146.29
2 occupation town-crier, official who makes public announcements
( 1414-15 )  pur […] fees al sergaunt criour .ij. s. .iiij. d.  Mch Tayl Accs1 2 Henri V
3occupationlawcrier, usher, officer in a court of law who commands silence or makes announcements, summons witnesses, etc.
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Les defenses fetes es estatuz suanz des clers, criours e autre ministre de la court no sont forqe truffe pur ceo qe eles ne sont point tenues  Mir Just 196
( 1315 )  Criours, pernez luy et pernetz garde de son corps  YBB Ed II xvii 21
4mil.herald, one who transmits commands
( MS: s.xiii )  Sint etiam in castro viri prudentes, tam clangatores (gloss: criurs) quam caduciatores, quorum austucia et prudensia mediante in tempore toge et in tempore belli nihil inconsulte fiat  TLL i 184.70 and ii 93.70
5 name (used as a surname)
( 1221 )  Geoffrey le Criur  Family Names Cryer
( 1285 )  Joh. le Cryer  MED criour n.
( 1316 )  Joh. le Crier  MED criour n.
commun criur
occupationtown-crier, official who makes public announcements
( MS: 1419 )  l’office de comune crioure  Lib Alb 310

See also:

crier1  crier2 
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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