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eschanger (1160-74)
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eschanger (1160-74)

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escanger;  eschangier,  eschaunger  
  FEW:  cambiare 2/i,121a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  eschangier 9,510a TL: eschangier 3,842 DEAF:  changier (eschangier 1)  DMF:  échanger  TLF:  échanger  OED:  exchange v.  MED:  eschaungen v.  DMLBS:  excambire 828a

v.trans.

to exchange: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Ne poon ta vie esloignier, Ne ta mort por altre eschangier  Rom de Rou wace ii 100.5748
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Pur esclavine eschaung mun peliçun d’ermin  S Aub 1830
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  [...] si porra cel servage estre amenusé et restreynt et eschaungé et estrescé  BRITT i 374
♦to change (money): 
( 1382 )  la somme en exprés qe serra issint eschaungez  Stats ii 17 ii
♦to change, alter: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  excepcioun [...] ne eschaunge (var. (M: s.xivin) ne chaunge) le estat en nul point  BRITT i 327

p.p. as s.

lawexchangee: 
( 1466 )  si son baron avoit eschaungé terre ovesque estraunge, la aprés son mort ele poet aver breve de dower envers l’estraunge, scilicet, l’eschaungee  Readings i 42.20
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