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fausener (1212)
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fausener (1212)

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falsener,  falsoner;  faucener;  fausonier  
  FEW:  falsus 3,393a Gdf:  faussonier 3,734c GdfC: ∅ TL: faussonier 3,1662 DEAF:  faus (*faussener)  DMF:  faussonnier  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  falsonarius 901b

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1liar, deceiver: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  [...] Q'om ne moi tienge a fausonier Ou fous ou veins ou mençongier, Mais itant vos di veirement [...]  Dial Greg SATF 18635
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ces ke se funt [...] fauseners e de male vie  Apoc giffard 266
♦counterfeiter, charlatan, swindler: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Fauseners  (ed. Fausevers) estes fol & pullent Vus n’i ficherez ja le dent  Mir N-D 81.77
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  de ceux fauseners qe ount nostre monee countrefet ou plus de allay mis en nostre monee qe droit ne seroit  BRITT i 25
2sinner (?): 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Kei [sic] quident dunc li faucener? K'en ert quant il (=God) se vout venger?  Rom 15 (Dd.10.31) 261.97

See also:

faus1  fausenerie  fauser  fausour 
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