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poverin (1120-40)

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

poverin (1120-40)

povrin  
  FEW:  pauper 8,57b Gdf:  poverin 6,360c GdfC: TL: poverin 7,1678 DEAF:  povre (povrin)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  pauperinus 2154b

s.

statuspoor, needy person
( MS: 1120-40 )  Se lui'n remaint, sil rent as poverins  S Alexis1 100
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Unkes nusche d’or preciuse Ne fud al rei si delituse Cume les mains al poverin  S Edw barking 2387
( s.xii2; MS: c.1200 )  ne la bone veve ne li altre povrin  Psalter Comment 508.209
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  tuz menad en chaitivier, le rei meime e les princes [...] si que nuls n’en remest fors li poverins de la terre  Liv Reis1 225.14
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii1 )  As vedves e as orphanins Fud il pere, e as povrins. De tut en tut fud il enclins A ces que furent miserins  S Edm Pass ANTS 190

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See also:

poveri  poveriser  poverison  poverissement  poverte  poverté  povraille  povrant  povre1  povrement  povresce  povrus 
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povrin