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janglur (s.xii1)
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janglur (s.xii1)

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jaunglur;  jangelour,  jangleor,  jangleour,  janglour,  jangloure;  jangler,  janglere,  jangleur,  janglur;  gangeler,  gangliere,  gaungleor,  gaungleour,  gangleur,  gaunglur;  genglere,  gengleur,  genglur;  changleur  (janlur  TLL ii 59)  
  FEW:  *jangalôn 16,280b Gdf:  jangleor 4,632b GdfC: ∅ TL: janglëor 4,1567 DEAF:  jangler (jangleor) J120 / jangler (jangleor) J122 DMF:  jangleur  TLF: ∅ OED:  jangler n.  MED:  janglere n.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

garrulous, loquacious: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Huem genglere ne sera adrecé en terre; hume torcenus mals prendrunt en peril  Oxf Ps ANTS 127.139.12
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  E vus, dan Gimund, le pleidiere, Devenu estes trop gangliere  Waldef BB 3022
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  suez Nostre Dame et nient Eve la janglere  Ancren1 54.36-37

s.

babbler, (foolish) chatterer: 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Ki treove jangleour, Bien ne li ert ne honour D'aver a lui parole  Respit 17
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  ouster lez fouz jangelours e eschure lur compaignie  BOZ Cont 91.71
( MS: s.xiv1 )  E si ne parlez mie trop Ke li janglur est tenu pur sot  Apr Sal 34
( 1430; MS: s.xv2/4 )  E si ne parletz mie trop, Ke janglour tient home a sot  Courtoisie 413.134
♦pej.slanderer, maligner: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  meuz vaut loenge rendre A Deu, [...] Ke syvre la trace de ceu jaunglur (=a knight who publicly disputes the holiness of St. Francis)  S Fran ANTS 8513
( s.xiv1 )  garde tei de gaungleours, qi te loent (l. deloent) devaunt tey  Lib Cust 23
( 1430; MS: s.xv2/4 )  si tu soietz pres de jangloures, Ne soietz mye trop ragours (=inclined) De parler vilaynie  Courtoisie 435.163
♦pej.liar, rogue: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Nel voil mie pur ceo leissier, Si gangleur u losengier Le me volent a mal turner  marie Lais 5.16
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  E en seinte eglise unt esté genglur, E dient ke l'iglise est lur  Lum Lais ANTS 10803

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See also:

jangle  jangleresse  janglus 
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