[escheker]1 (c.1136-37)
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[escheker]1 (c.1136-37)

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  FEW:  *skâk 17,75b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: eschiequer 3,892 DEAF:  eschec#1 (eschequier)  DMF:  eschiequer  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
echeker,  eischeker,  eschecer,  eschacer  

The form eschacer (with 'a' instead of 'e') may also be interpreted as eschacer1, with a shift in meaning to 'to chase, send back', and could possibly have been prompted by the scribe's misunderstanding of the spelling of the verb.

v.a.

1to knock over, break: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Icil ussier les cunduieient Pur la veissele dunt il serveient, Ke lecheur nes eschacast  (ed. eschaçast) (var. (R: s.xiv1) eschecast ) Ne malmeist ne defrussast  5991

v.refl.

1 to knock over, break: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  En la sale tant forment rient Le manger e le beivre ublient [...], De lur mains cheent les cuteaus, Cil chen eischekent les guasteaus (var. (B: s.xivin) Si se chekont des gautés)  7810
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