despenser1 (s.xii3/4)
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despenser1 (s.xii3/4)

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  FEW:  dispendare 3,97b Gdf:  despenseor 2,627a / despensier 2,627b GdfC:  despensier 9,352a TL: despensëor 2,1689 / despensier 2,1690 DEAF:  despens (despenseor)  DMF:  dépenseur  TLF: ∅ OED:  dispenser n.  MED:  dispensour n.  DMLBS:  dispensarius 689a
despenseer,  despensier;  dispenser,  dispensere,  dispensier  

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1occupationdomesticsteward, store-keeper: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E vont al servise seneschal e despenser, Damoseles e vallez e mestre botillers  3369
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Pain aportent li despenser E le beivre li butiller  4219
( MS: c.1250 )  hic dispensator: despenser  i 425.371
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Celle cité funda Eliseus Damascus qe fut vallet et dispensere Abraham  255
♦occupationeccl.dispenser, almoner: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  deiacre est e despensier D’iste iglise  11233
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  nous est venu un payn enteer par nostre courteys despenseer  182
( 1312; MS: s.xiv1 )  Rome, chef despenser De seinte Eglise  422
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