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gars1 (c.1250)

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gars1 (c.1250)

chars;  garce,  garse,  garz;  jarce,  jars, 
pl. chars;  gaars,  garces,  garcis,  garsez  
[ FEW: 16,17b *gard; Gdf: ; GdfC: 10,39c jars; TL: 4,1590 jars; DEAF: J182 *jart 2 (jars); DMF:  jars; TLF:  jars 1; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]

s.

orn.zool.gander, the male of the goose
( MS: c.1250 )  hic anser, gars  i 418
( MS: s.xiiiex )  un autre oignement: pernez le garz de l'owe, [...] si le faites plumer e hoster lé entrailes e bien laver  290.213
( MS: s.xiv )  demy quarter de oynt de porc madle e demy quarter de gresse de jars  226.42
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  Et a la second cours ils lui serviront dez chapons rostez et dez ouez, gaars, oyselons et auxi dez ans, anattz, madlardez de river, cignes, [...]  7.23
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  fetez trere de nostre estore [...], motons, oueilx, hoggetz, jerces, aignelx, garsez, oues, cignes, cignetz, [...]  407
( MS: s.xv )  pernet [...] une oef entier e le fiens de garse, e lez tressez del aille  108.S200
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  anseribus: (L) gars (var. (C: xiii2) chars; (D: xiii/xiv) gars vel houis)  ii 75.159

[gdw]

See also:

garok 
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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