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fosseur (1323-25)

fosseur (1323-25)

fosseor,  fosseour,  fossour  
  FEW:  fossa 3,739a Gdf:  fosseur 4,104a GdfC: TL: fossëor 3,2170 DEAF:  fossé (*)  DMF:  fosseur 1  TLF: OED: MED:  fossour n.  DMLBS:  fossator 994b

s.

1occupationditch-digger
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  Dit le closier d'un gardin a un fosseour qi foue lez terres ou les fosses in ceste manere  Man lang ANTS 17.4
2mil.occupationsapper
( 1323-25 )  qe le roi face eslire (hastiement) auxi bien en les parties avantdites come en Engleterre touz les arbalesters, archiers, lingers et autres pour combatre d’espeye et de lance et auxint overours, c’est assaver attillours, flechers, carpenters, mazons, fosseours et minours  St Sard 66
3 name (used as a surname)
( 1334-35 )  In exp. domino Johannis Fossour apud Ebor  Durham 526

See also:

fossard  fosse  fossé  fosser 
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.
fosseur