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accusour (s.xiiex)
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The form encuseor is a cross reference to the following entry:

accusour (s.xiiex)

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accuseor,  accusur;  accuser;  acuseur,  acusour,  acusor;  encousour;  encuseor,  encuseeor,  encuseur,  encusur,  encusour;  escusour; 
n.sg.sometimes acuseres,  acuserres;  accusere;  encusere,  escusere  
  FEW:  accusare 24,93b Gdf:  acuseor 1,93b GdfC: ∅ TL: acuseor 1,132 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  accuseur  TLF: ∅ OED:  accuser n.  / accusor n.  MED:  ac(c)usour n.  DMLBS:  accusator 17b

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1accuser: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Encuseor, plaidif, losengier  Rom rom 282
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  (God) serrat jugierres e le deables acuserres e li huem culpables  Eluc 69.71
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  R. fu fel et encusere Et de gent sudoire fu lere  S Audree1 3652
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiim )  serrunt les acuseurs present  HALES 217
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  En la felonie de fausenerie ne gist nul appel, for qe entre le encusour pur nous et le encusé  BRITT i 33
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  nul ne poet estre countour qi ne purra estre accusour ou actour  Mir Just 48
♦lawone who issues an accusation before Parliament: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  En queus cas les encusez sunt pernables e en plein Parlement die l’accusour […]  Mir Just 53
2pej.slanderer: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  qu’encusur ja n’escutereit  S Jean ANTS 3222
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