1dispenser, supplier:
(
c.1136-65;
MS: c.1200
)
Ne li clerc ne seient avelx
(=greedy, mean) Ki de dimes unt lur catelx; N’unt pas a dire que seit lur Fors ke seient despendeor
2394
(
s.xiii2;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
Puys aprés eles
(=women for whom a man buys everything) fount lour mowes, Et mokent cele despendour Ke lour fist si grant honour
407.225
2squanderer:
(
s.xiv1
)
q’il ne soit desmesurez en despendre, ne despendeour ne gasteour de ses choses
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despendeor (c.1136-65)