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peonier (c.1136-37)

The form peoner2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

peonier (c.1136-37)

peoner;  peuner,  peunier;  poner,  ponner;  pouner,  pounere,  pounier,  pounner;  punner  (pauner,  poyner,  poynir  TLL ii 84.62)  
  FEW:  pedo 8,145b Gdf:  peonier 1 6,89c / peonier 2 6,90a GdfC:  pionnier 10,342 TL: pëonier 7,690 DEAF:  peon (peonier)  DMF:  pionnier  TLF:  pionnier  OED:  pioneer n. and a.  MED: DMLBS:

s.

1walker, one who travels on foot
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  more iter agentium (gloss (T): peuners)  TLL i 173.81 and ii 41.81
mil.occupationfoot-soldier, infantry man
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Si mandat pur ses chevaliers, Pur geldons e pur peoniers (var. (L: s.xiii2) Pur geldes e pur puigneres)  GAIMAR1 646
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Fortes lances a chevaler E longes lances a pouner  Gui War 11126
( MS: s.xiii2 )  dat bello pedites (gloss: poyners)  TLL ii 4
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Parte autem altera propugnacula intuebamur, hinc peditum (gloss: (C) de pouners) (var. (A: s.xiii) del pauners; (O: s.xii/xiii) de peoners; (L: s.xiiiex) de poners)clipeos, equitum scuta [...]  TLL i 174.83 and ii 43.83
2livestockequit.occupationgroom, servant who looks after horses (?)
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  (in a section on horse-grooming:) Garcio sive pedes (gloss (D): pouner) (var. (L: s.xiii/xiv) poner) strigilem (=curry-comb) ferat  TLL i 182.64 and ii 68.64

a.

on foot, walking
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Od lui soleit Thomas aler En bois e en riviere e od li converser [...] Vindrent a un grant duit; n'i ot punt ne charriere K'une planche, u passa cele gent pouniere  Becket1 214

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See also:

1  pedaile  peon  peonage  peoner1  peonet 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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