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engineor (1155)
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engineor (1155)

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engigneor,  engigneour,  engignour,  engignur;  enginere,  engineur,  enginneor,  enginnere,  enginneur,  enginnur,  enginor,  enginour,  enginur,  engynur, 
(sg. engineres,  enginieres,  enginers,  enginiers,  engiennierres,  enchinur  TLL ii 42.82 (L) ),
(pl. enchinurrus)  
  FEW:  ingenium 4,686b Gdf:  engigneor 3,169b GdfC: ∅ TL: engignëor 3,384 DEAF:  engin (engigneor)  DMF:  engigneur  TLF: ∅ OED:  engineer n.  MED:  enginour n.  DMLBS:  ingeniator 1367c

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1schemer, deceiver: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ly delfin sunt cointe e felon enginur; Arestent desuz l’ewe e cil (=crocodiles) passent desur  Rom Chev ANTS 6872
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Antipater estoit de Grece justisers, [...] E enginers e de mal fere costumers  Rom Chev ANTS 7896
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Cist faus enginneur tant saet d’enchantement  S Aub 1569
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Hunc plagiatorem, scevium, intentorem (gloss: enginur), biliosum, multatorem [...]  TLL i 173.82 and ii 56.82
♦planner: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Alisandre est [...] Enginor de guere, cointes, de grant veisdie  Rom Chev ANTS 2361
2occupationcraftsman: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  L’escorse d’un arbre moillent [...] E pus la carpissent com cointe enginneur  Rom Chev ANTS C 156
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  N’i ad celui ne seit bons enginnere De tuz metals  Anc Test (B) 13141
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Quidez ke jo pur deu recleim metal u pere dure [...] De uns enginnurs morteus ki est ovre e faiture?  S Aub 596
( MS: s.xiii ) Artifices (gloss: (L) enchinurrus) (var. (D*: s.xiii/xiv) enginurs ) sunt illi subtiles qui fundunt campanas ex ere sonoro  TLL ii 129.23
♦occupationcarpenter: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Taillees furent les portes par mein d’engineor  Rom Chev ANTS 4508
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Estre ce, chescune legion si ad fevres, enginors (Latin: lignarii) [...] e autres menestreus  vegetius2 46.2
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  ad fait mander un maistre engignur, Si li devise ii furches faire devant la tour  LANGTOFT thiol2 341.1313
♦mil.occupationengineer, maker of artillery: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Engigneors ourent isnels Ki tost ourent fait mangunels As perieres contregeter  Brut WACE 329
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Faites vostre periere venir hastivement! Ja pescera la porte si l’engignur ne ment  FANT OUP 1240
♦occupationbuild.designer, architect: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Quant Cesar les out apaiez [...] A un mult bon enginneur Fist sur la mer faire une tur  Brut WACE 4203
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Cielee iert la chambre par art d’entailleor D’un umbrelenc bien fait - bon fu l’enginneor  Horn 2709a
( c.1200; MS: s.xiiiin )  [...] si cum li engiennierres (Latin: artifex) qui vuelt faire maisun  Eluc 10.15
engineor des mains
occupationcraftsman: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Entre les espaules sulement un oil unt; E sunt enginors dé  (ed. de) meins e arblasters  Rom Chev ANTS 4751
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Un autre pople i ad; des meins sunt enginur, E de toz metals sunt il bon forgeur  Rom Chev ANTS 6001

See also:

engin  enginement  enginer  gineor 
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