escharir (1190-93)
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escharir (1190-93)

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[ FEW: 17,100a *skarjan 1; Gdf: 3,371c escharir; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,858 escharir; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 801c escariare ]
escherir  

v.a.

1to administer (an oath): 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  par itel serement, Ke il nus devant ly fist jurer […] Al meuz ke le sout escharir E la parole mielz furnir  903
2to designate, appoint: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  vicaire Del glorius apostre Piere, Les qui vertuz […] Bien as […] segui, Com successor bon escheri  1476
3to pluck, card (wool) (?): 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) Pextrices sedent iuxta focum, prope cloacam et prope menperia, in pelliciis veteribus et in velaminibus fedis, dum carpunt gloss: (D*) escharisent lanam villosam quam pectinibus cum dentibus ferreis depilant  i 201.68 and ii 140.68
escharger 
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