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pépudrus (1214)
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pépudrus (1214)

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peepoudres,  peepoudrez,  peepoudrus,  peepowdrez;  pépoudres,  pépoudrous,  pépoudrus,  pépowdrez;  piépoudrous,  piépoudrus;  pipoudre,  pipoudres,  pipoudrez,  pypoudre,  pypoudrous  (perpoudus  MED pe-poudrus a.,  pipoundro  MED pe-poudrus a.)  
  FEW:  pes 8,295a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  pepoudrous  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  piepowder n.  MED:  pe-poudre n.  / pe-poudrous a.  DMLBS:  pes (pes pulveris) 2250c

At some point, the adjectival -ous ending was re-interpreted (both in Anglo-Norman and English) as a nominal plural, producing not only alternative spellings such as pépoudres or pipoudres and, but also a ‘singular’ noun such as pipoudre.

a.

1dusty-footed, wayfaring: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Uns oem semblant de bones mors Vint pié poudrous, com pelerin  S Greg 1331
2lawmerch.pertaining to the Court of Piepowders, summary court held at markets to administer justice among itinerant merchants and temporary residents: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  propter personas qui celerem habere debent justitiam, sicut sunt mercatores quibus exibetur justitia pepoudrous  BRITT v 126

s.

1merch.occupationwayfarer, itinerant merchant: 
( 1291 )  Les pletz entre gentz estraunges qe l'em appele pepoudrous seyent pledez de jour en jour  Bor Cust i 184
( c.1320; MS: 1419 )  [...] querelas transeuntium per villam qui moram non poterunt facere, qui dicuntur pépoudrous  Lib Alb 67
2lawmerch.Court of Piepowders, summary court held at markets to administer justice among itinerant merchants and temporary residents: 
( 1228 )  Una Curia que vocatur pepouderous  MED pe-poudrus a.
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  qe de jour en jour se hastast droit d'estrange pleintifs en feires e marchiez cum pépoudrous solom lei marchande  Mir Just 9
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  la ou hom plede de jour en jour, com pe poudrous  Dom Gip 26
( 1361 )  Habere cogniciones placitorum de Pypoudre  MED pe-poudrus a.
cort (de) pépoudrous
merch.lawCourt of Piepowders, summary court held at markets to administer justice among itinerant merchants and temporary residents: 
( 1462-63 )  Perquisites des courtes de pipoudre, portmotes, [...]  Leicester ii 273
( 1470 )  Il ad un borough [...] deins quel il ad [...] un court de pipoudres  YBB 9 Ed IV 40
( 1482 )  auxi bien en le comyn courte come en le courte de peepoudres  Blk Bk Ston 10
( 1483-84 )  ministre d'ascuns courtes peepoudrez apperteignantz as feirs  Stats ii 481

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See also:

pé1  pedder  pudrus 
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