nakaire (1304-05)
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nakaire (1304-05)

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[ FEW: 19,137b naqqara; Gdf: 5,461a nacaire; GdfC: ∅; TL: 6,467 nacaire; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  nacaire; TLF:  nacaire; OED:  naker, n.1 / naquaire, n.; MED:  naker,n.; DMLBS: 1881b nacara ]
naker  

The etymological discussion provided in the relevant OED and the FEW articles (see also R. Arveiller, Addenda au FEW XIX, Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1999, pp. 418-421) suggests that nakaire may also be related to Afr. nacre (GdfC 10,189b) ‘mother-of-pearl’ though the semantic link between these words is unclear. Nacre is currently unattested in Anglo-Norman, though the entry naisel may represent a variant form.

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1musickettledrum, naker: 
( 1304-05 )  une poire de petitz nakaires pur Francekyn nostre nakerer  42
( 1343-50 )  la medlé comensa des trompes, nakaires, fioles, tabours, et de plusours autre menistracile (l. menistralcie)  76
( 1381 )  un eschuçon d'argent ovesque un coler pur un ministral, et un peir de nakers ovesque deux colers et un ceyntoure et deux stykkes d'argent faitz pur meismes les nakers  i 209
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  od graunt noys de ministralcie, de trumpers et des nakers, des cormus et de chalmus  102
naker#1  nakerer 
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