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saketur (1267)

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

saketur (1267)

sachator;  sakator,  sakatur,  saketor,  sçacatur,  seketur  
  FEW: Gdf:  sacheteur 7,274a GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF:  sacqueteur  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

While the text’s most recent editor suggests the term should be considered an aphetic form of executur, and is unrelated to the verb ( saker) which follows in the next line, it seems possible that the term, like the verb, as the DMF suggests, is derived from saccus ('sack, bag'). The sense of ‘treasurer’ is attested in both Gdf (sacquetier 2,277a) and the DMF ( sacquetier), which the DMF believes is synonymous with saqueteur.

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occupationfinan.treasurer, one who has charge of revenues
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Mes il atendent geskes as dereins jurs Kant par cas frunt lur saketurs (var. (Y: s.xiii4/4) seketur; (D: s.xiv1/4) sakaturs ) Kar chescun sackera [...] A sei, s'il ne seit le plus lel humme  3730

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See also:

executur  sac2  sacellacion  sachee  sachel  sachelet  sachet  sachun  saker1  saker2 
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