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flatour (c.1290)

The form flater4 is a cross reference to the following entry:

flatour (c.1290)

flater  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC:  flateor 9,625b TL: flatëor 3,1913 DEAF:  flat 1 (flateor)  DMF:  flatteur  TLF:  flatteur  OED:  flatter n.1  MED:  flatour n.  DMLBS:

s.

flatterer
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Eschuez flatour ki seet flater E les genz espeluper  BIBB ROTH (G) 304
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  comme quant ascun flaters dirroit Seynt Marie! Qe vous avetz bien parlee huy et sagement [...]  Sz Med1 24
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Flatour est un soubtil enchanteour; Car par son vein enchantement Fait croire au dame et au seignour Que sur tous autres de valour Sont plus digne et plus excellent  GOWER Mirour 1381

See also:

flater3  flaterer 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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