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scrivener (1345)
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The form screvener is a cross reference to the following entry:

scrivener (1345)

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screvener;  scriveyner,  scryvayner  
  FEW:  scriba *11,331a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  scrivener n.  MED:  scrivener n.  DMLBS: ∅
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

s.

occupation scrivener, notary, clerk, secretary: 
( 1345 )  Rich[ard] le scryvayner  OED scrivener n.
( c.1375 )  Reinaldus le scriveyner  MED scrivener n.
( 1415 )  [...] a l’oscolle de Gilliam Scrivener  Vernac Lit 61.73
( 1419 )  Item paié al screvener pur nostre novellis dedis  Grocers 133

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See also:

escrivener  scribe  scriptacle  scripture  scrit1  scrivein  scrivre 
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