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porcher (c.1136-37)
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The form percher is a cross reference to the following entry:

porcher (c.1136-37)

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porchir,  porchier;  porger  (percher  Gloss Nequam1 245.66 );
pl. porcheris  (porgés  TLL ii 69.66)  
  FEW:  porcarius 9,184b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  porchier 10,378c TL: porchier 7,1495 DEAF:  porchier  DMF:  porcher  TLF:  porcher  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  porcarius 2348c

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occupationlivestockswineherd, person who keeps or tends pigs: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  En [Andredeswalt] se musçad Tant que un porchier l'ad mort rued  GAIMAR1 1825
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  sub(bub)ulcum: porger  TLL ii 89.160
( 1296 )  Nus vous comandoms qe vous paez pannage por les pors quels vous envoastes a Bistelesham e solom le nombre qe vous liverastes as porchers pur checune teste deus deners  Westm Wenlok 78.96
( 1350-51 )  [...] chaceour des carues, bercher, porcher, deye, et touz autres servantz  Rot Parl1 ii 233.47
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  Porchers et berchers, suers et pelters  Anon Chr1 25.41

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See also:

porc  porcel1  porceler  porcelet  porcelin  porcherie  porchet  porcier  porcin 
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