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[maisuner]1 (s.xiii3/3)

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The form mesouner is a cross reference to the following entry:

[maisuner]1 (s.xiii3/3)

maisonner,  mesoner,  mesouner  
  FEW:  mansio 6/i,240b Gdf:  maisoner 5,97c GdfC: TL: maisoner 5,897 DEAF:  maison (maisoner)  DMF:  maisonner  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

It is not always possible to distinguish this verb from masonner

v.trans.

1to erect
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  la reule foreine [...] ne est fors une eschole (=ladder) a mesoner vers ceo (inner rule of the heart)  Ancren2 169.23
2merch.to house, store
( 1379 )  Item pur mesoner .j. tonel vyn ou eille sour la keye q'il gist […] Item pur mesoner .j. bale et altres telz peces sour la keye q'il gist  Grocers 55

sbst. inf.

build.building, construction (of a house)
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Si nul bonde eyt abatu keyne ou freisne [...] si ne soit pur mesoner ou pur charue ou charette  Court Bar 102
( 1304-05 )  Nous vous prioms pur noster cher sergeant [...] qui ad mesoner pres de vostre bois de Holm que vous li voillez doner de vostre merim pur mesoner  Lett EPW1 102
( 1375 )  abatemens d'arbres, portantz fruiz et assis en jardins, et de arbres, bons pour merrien a maisonner ou a charpenter  Foedera1 iii 1023

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See also:

maisun  maisunage  maisuner2  maisunette 
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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