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losengur1 (1155)
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losengur1 (1155)

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loseingor,  loseingour;  losengeur,  losengeure;  losengeor,  losengeour,  losengor,  losengour;  losenjor,  losenjur;  lousengeor,  lousengeour,  lousengour;  losongeour  
  FEW:  *lausinga 16,452a Gdf:  losengeor 5,35c GdfC: ∅ TL: losengëor 5,675 DEAF:  losenge 2 (losengeor)  DMF:  losengeur  TLF: ∅ OED:  losenger n.  MED:  losenger n.  DMLBS: ∅

s.

flatterer, sycophant: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Bien sout al rei aler entur A guise de losengeur  Brut WACE 6850
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ja pur conseil n'i ert clamé losengor Cil qui deit conseiller prince ou emper[e]or  Rom Chev ANTS P168
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  S'en avint [...] Que la lange al losengeour L'alme de son escouteour De pure envie occit sovent  Dial Greg SATF 1479
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Le seygnur ne sey deit pas fere conseiler de joefne gent [...] ne de nul desturné losengur ne geybur  HENLEY2 292.c77
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Veez qe ne seez lousengour Vers amy ne vers seygnour  Courtoisie 416.199
♦deceiver, liar: 
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  E ki saurat mentir e ert losengeurs  (ms. losenoeurs) (var. (N: s.xiiim) losengeors; (O: 1272-82) losengours; (E: s.xiiim) losengurs), Cil serrat honurez  GUISCH 187
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Si ne devez [...] crere menteur Qui mal me tenge vers vus ne losengur (var. (B: s.xiii3/4) losenjur)  Anc Test (E) 8041

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See also:

losenge1  losengeance  losengeous  losenger1  losenger2  losengerie  losengur2 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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