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cuissier (s.xiiiin)
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The form quicer is a cross reference to the following entry:

cuissier (s.xiiiin)

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cussere;  kisehere,  kissere,  kysser;  quicer,  quiser,  quisser,  quissir  
  FEW:  coxa 2/ii,1261a Gdf:  cuissiere 2,399a GdfC: ∅ TL: cuissiere 2,1143 DEAF:  cuisse 1 (cuissier)  DMF:  cuissière  TLF:  cuissière  OED:  cuisse n.  MED:  quisser n.  / quisseu n.  DMLBS:  cuissaria 528b

Although cuissier and cuissin derive from the same Latin etymon (coxa), the sense ‘pillow, cushion’ is normally not found sub cuissier. While TLL may provide two Anglo-Norman exceptions, it is not out of the question that at least one of the forms is in error for quissin.

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1costumebreeches, undergarment that covers the upper legs: 
( MS: s.xiiiin )  femoralia: cuissiers  Vernac Glosses 14
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  cruralia: (D) quisers, huses (var. (C: s.xiiiex) quiseuz;  (L: s.xiii) esses )  TLL ii 127.9
♦armourmil.cuisse, armour for protecting the upper leg or thigh: 
( 1275-1377 )  [...] que tuz les baneors, qe baners portent, seent armez de mustilers e de quissers e de espaulers, sanz plus  Stats i 231
♦horsesarmourzool.mil.armour for protecting the upper legs of a horse: 
( 1347 )  Jeo devys [...] les quissers ové le picer de quir qui sount pour mon destrer  Test Ebor i 43
2cushion, pillow: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  pulvinar: quissir (l. quissin?), anglice bolster  TLL ii 167
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  Hanc cooperiat culcitra punctata vel vestis stragulata, super quam pulvinar (glosses: (D) quicer, quicine) (var. (C: s.xiii2) quisine; (L: s.xiii/xiv) quisint) capitis parti subponende desuper ponatur  TLL i 182.64 and ii 68.64
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1288 )  Richard le Kissere  Family Names Kisser
( 1294 )  Hugh le Cussere  Family Names Kisser
( 1307 )  Hugh le Kisehere  Family Names Kisser

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See also:

cuisse  cuissel1  cuissel2  cuissette  cuisson  cuissot  cussin 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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