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margerie (c.1136-65)

margerie (c.1136-65)

margaré,  margari,  margarie  
  FEW:  margarita 6/i,323b Gdf:  margerie 5,173a GdfC: TL: margerie 5,1160 DEAF:  margerie  DMF: TLF: OED:  margery n.1  MED:  margeri(e n.  DMLBS:

s.

lapid.pearl
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Les precioses margaries Ke uns prestres nos ad polies  Salemon 89
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  En Ethiope i ad [...] unes formies Del grant a leverer qe portent margeries  Rom Chev ANTS 6832
( c.1270; MS: s.xivin )  E la femme estoit environez De purpre e d’escharlet, e deorrez De or, de margariz (var. (f: 1290-1300) margarez) e peres preciouses  Apoc Verse ANTS 1046
( 1313 )  un egle d’or, od rubiz, amiraudes, saphirs, margeries  Foedera1 ii 203
geter les margeries entre les porcs
prov.to cast pearls before swine
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Ne volt geter les margeries Entre porcs, cleres e polies, Ne doner as chiens saintuaire K'il heent e unt a contraire  Salemon 7625

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See also:

margarite 
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margerie