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mummer (a.1399)

mummer (a.1399)

 
  FEW:  momm- 6/iii,63a Gdf:  momeor 5,381b GdfC: TL: DEAF:  mommer (momeor)  DMF:  momeur  TLF: OED:  mummer n.  MED:  mommer n.  DMLBS:
ls(loanword: M.E. (?))
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s.

occupationdramamummer, someone performing in a mumming (i.e. a pageant or mute pantomime)
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  les ditz mummers les saluerent, monstrauntz une payre des dys sur une table pur juer ovesque le prince, lé queux diz furount subtilement faitz issint qe come le prince jetast il deveroit gayner; et les ditz juers et mummers metterount al prince troys juels [...]; les queux le dit prince gayna a troys jettes, come fust ordiné  Anon Chr1 102

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See also:

mummere  mummyng 
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