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cuistron (c.1136-37)
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cuistron (c.1136-37)

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cuistroun,  cuistrun;  quistron,  quistroun,  quistrun,  quystroun  (quiçtrun  TLL ii 96.61)  
  FEW:  *coquistro 2/ii,1169a Gdf:  coistron 2,177c GdfC: ∅ TL: cuistron 2,1144 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  cuistron  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

occupationscullion, cook’s boy: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Sa niece mesmariee ad; Il la dunad a un garçon Ki Cuaran aveit a nun; [...] Cil Cuaran esteit quistrun Mes mult esteit bel vadletun  GAIMAR1 103
( MS: s.xii ) lixa: .i. cuistrun  TLL i 21
( MS: s.xiii )  lixa: de le cuistron  TLL ii 85.61
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Va t'en, quistroun, ou toun havez (M.E. fleyshhock) Estrere le hagis del postnez  BIBB ROTH (G) 1035

See also:

cuire1  cuisinage  cuisine  cuisiner 
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