dormur1 (c.1270)
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dormur1 (c.1270)

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[ FEW: 3,141a dormire; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 9,410b dormeor; TL: 2,2032 dormëor 1; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  dormeur; TLF:  dormeur; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
dormeour,  dormour  

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1sleeper: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  li dormeour ke dort en le devant au dyable  43.23
2fig.lawsleeping partner: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  des adunc serrount tels dormours forclos de aver lour recoverir  ii 83
3dozy, idle (person), idler: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  le bayllif e le provost deyvent sovent veer [...] les charuers [...] ensi qe il sachent [...] quantqe il fayre deyvent sans estre oedifs ne dormurs  282.c53 (var. p. 302)
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  ceus ke sunt [...] perçus ou odifs ou dormurs  30.5
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