macecren (c.1195)
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macecren (c.1195)

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[ FEW: *6/i,516b *matteucculare; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  maçacrer (maçacren); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED:  macegref n. (macecren); DMLBS: 1669a macecrinus ]
macecrene,  macecrien,  macecrin;  mascecren,  mascecrin,  mascekren;  massekene  

Some examples may be also read as macecreu, macecriu and be interpreted as variants of macecref.

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1 occupation butcher, slaughterer: 
( MS: c.1275 )  nul macecren ne autre home ne put avoir estal en la grant rue de Wyncestre  30.24
( MS: s.xiiiex )  carnifices: (C) les massekenes (var. (L: s.xiii) bochers )  ii 132.35
( MS: s.xiiiex )  carnifex: mascecrin (C)  ii 165
( MS: s.xiv )  lanista: macecrers, macecrene  ii 59.82
2 occupation executioner: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii1 )  Li macecren adecertes ne finent de ferir, Li sanc vermeyl en funt de tote pars saliir from Margarete's body  152
3 name (used as a surname): 
( c.1195 )  Aluredo Mascecren  mace-gref n.
( 1200 )  Asketil le Macecrien  Maskery
( 1279 )  Hugone le Mascekren  mace-gref n.
maçacre  macecref  macecrenerie  macecrer  macecrerie 
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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