escrowe (s.xiiiin)

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escrowe (s.xiiiin)

[ FEW: 17,136b *skrôda; Gdf: 3,443b escroe 2; GdfC: 9,523c escrou 2; TL: 3,1010 escröe 2; DEAF: ; DMF:  écroue; TLF:  écrou 2; OED:  escrow n. / scrow n.; MED:  scrou(e n.; DMLBS: 2984a scrouettus ]
escroe,  escroue,  escrouwe, 
pl. escrouis  322  

s.

1scroll, strip of parchment
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Quant de buche nel poez dire, Ne faire saver par escrire, Nel poez mettre en une escroe [...] E puis l’escroe enseeler [...]  7011, 7013
( MS: s.xiii )  pictacia: escrowe  171
( 1260; MS: s.xivin )  met avant un escrit ke est sanz sel et fors une escroue, ke il n’est fors nu et voyd  112
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  a ses freres issy aprist Ke escrowes escrytes aquillassent  4565
( 1433 )  lez custumers […] ensealent blankes escrowes en parchemyn appellez blankes cokkettetz ové lour seals  (ed. lours eals)  ii 288
scrowe 
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