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dower2 (1260)
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dower2 (1260)

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douer,  douwer,  duer,  duwer  
  FEW:  dotare 3,148b Gdf:  doer 2,735a GdfC:  doer 9,402a TL: döer 2,1983 DEAF:  doër  DMF:  douer  TLF:  douer  OED:  dower v.  MED:  douen v.  DMLBS:  dotare 725b

v.trans.

to endow: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Ces sunt les quatre propretez […] Ke sunt doeires del cors nomé Pur ceo ke le cors en ert dué  Lum Lais ANTS 13466
( MS: s.xiii2 )  sachiez ke Egipte est duwee de chescune maniere de plenté  Future 151
♦eccl.to endow: 
( 1260; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  checune eglise ke est fundé, si est dowé  Brev Plac 77
( 1316 )  vikere des tenemenz dunt sa vikerie est dowé ne poet aver l’assise de novel disseisine vers la persone de meym la eglise  YBB Ed II xx 162
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  dowa le mouster [...] de grantz biens  TREVET Cron1 229.23
♦lawto dower, endow: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  il bosoygne as femmes esposez de estre dowez pur doner meillour talent a femmes de amer matrimoigne  BRITT ii 235
( 1315 )  [...] come dower assigné des queux tenemenz nostre baroun nous dowa  YBB Ed II xvii 185
♦to endow, enrich, furnish: 
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xiv4/4 )  Femme amee, douee et enseigné  Orth Gall ANTS 33.F5
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  de tout en (=covetousness entering through the mouth) est la cheitive alme douee et dolorousement seisie  Sz Med1 47
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  il, q’est tant dowez de sen  Lett & Pet 161.110.31
dower a l’us de l’eglise, de muster
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