1to administer an oath to:
(
1160-74;
MS: s.xiiiin
)
Quant Heraut sus sa main tendi La main trembla, la char fremi; Pois a juré e arami, Si com uns hoem li eschari
ii 98.5698
(
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
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