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eschari (s.xii3/4)
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eschari (s.xii3/4)

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escari,  escheri  
  FEW:  skarjan 2 17,100a Gdf:  eschari 3,371a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  eschari  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

a eschari
reduced in number, with few people: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  A Roem chevaucha assez a eschari (l. a [mesné] eschari?)  Rom de Rou wace i 156.4362
a, od mesnee escharie
in small retinue, accompanied by few people: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E montent as mulez od mesnie escherie  Rom Chev ANTS 1372
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Ne fu mie venus a mesnie escarie, Mout i out riches hons, grant fu a baronnie  Rom de Rou wace i 70.1644
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  cel rei [...] iert a A. od meisnie escharie, Od Flamens e od Franceis; li Escot n’i erent mie  FANT OUP 1722
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  E dit qu’il irra chascier […] Od sa maisné escharie  Gui War 2503
estre eschari de
to be short of, have a scarcity of: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  (England) Escharie est de bons amis Et pleine de forz enemis  S Edw barking 357
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