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awer (c.1292)
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The form esguer is a cross reference to the following entry:

awer (c.1292)

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awere;  aweer,  awher;  ewer,  eswer,  esweoir;  enguer,  esguer,  esgueir,  esgweir  (arowere,  arere,  esquer S Modw 7713 (var.))  
  FEW:  arbitrium *25,87b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  awer  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

doubt, uncertainty: 
( 1323 )  si rien en temps avenir (l. a venir?) soit en enwer  Stats i 191
( 1340 )  Issint qe les juggementz qe sount pendantz en nulle des places par difficulté en (l. et?) awer des justices  Harriss 520
( 1350-51 )  veulliant qe totes doutes & awers feussent oustez  Stats i 310
en awer
in doubt, uncertain: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  s’il soint en aweer et en doute  BRITT ii 200
( 1318; MS: s.xv )  en arere (l. awer?) et  (ms. en) noun certein  Ord York 244
( 1323-25 )  pur tant fust en graunt enwer si devoit returner arere […] ou vener outre au roi  St Sard 132
( 1337 )  les Justices furent en awer de l’entencion de l’estatut  YBB 11-12 Ed III 327
( 1388 )  sur cest matere la court fut enawere (l. en awere)   (var. arowere)  YBB 12 Rich II 144
( MS: 1419 )  si juggement soit en awere, par quoy ils eyent mestier de counseille […]  Lib Alb 291
en awer, en un awer
in a quandary: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  si les jurours soint en un eoyr (var. (N: c.1310) soint en awer; (A: s.xiv) seient en ewer; (H: s.xiv1/3) ne seient en Ewer), si remeigne l’assise  BRITT i 336

See also:

arvaire  avir  wer1 
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