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forager (c.1270)
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forager (c.1270)

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forajer  (strager  HENLEY1 114)  
  FEW:  *fodar 3,660b / *fodar 15/ii,155a Gdf:  forragier 1 4,93c GdfC:  forragier 9,642a TL: forragier 3,2134 DEAF:  fuerre 1 (forragier)  DMF:  fourrager  TLF:  fourrager 1  OED:  forage v.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  foragiare 975b

v.trans.

livestockto give fodder to: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  e lez berbiz seyent gardez e foragez  HENLEY2 278.c42

v.intrans.

to forage, hunt or plunder in order to collect supplies: 
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  de lour tentes ysserent pur la pais destruire et pur forajer et praies prendre se afforcerent  Anon Chr1 25.22

See also:

forage  forajor  foreer  forier  forreiour 
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