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

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

a.

1 scant, of small quantity: 
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 ) Mais malement dut l’aguait pendre Car trop escharie maisnee Ot li reis a cele foiee  7084
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 ) E li coens a sa gent escharie Eissi de l’ost por els =the Turks chacier  7475
a eschari
1 reduced in number, with few people: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  A Roem chevaucha assez a eschari (l. a [mesné] eschari?)  i 156.4362
a, od mesnee escharie
1in small retinue, accompanied by few people: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E montent as mulez od mesnie escherie  1372
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Ne fu mie venus a mesnie escarie, Mout i out riches hons, grant fu a baronnie  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  1722
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  E dit qu’il irra chascier […] Od sa maisné escharie  2503
estre eschari de
1to be short of, have a scarcity of: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  (England) Escharie est de bons amis Et pleine de forz enemis  357
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