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sengler1 (s.xii1)

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sengler1 (s.xii1)

cengler;  seingler,  sengeler,  senglier,  senglir;  seyngler;  singler  (senger (l. seng[l]er?)  GAIMAR2 3336 sengleter  GAIMAR1 3333 (MS))  
  FEW:  singularis 11,645b Gdf:  sangler 7,306b GdfC: TL: sengler 9,451 DEAF:  senglier  DMF:  sanglier  TLF:  sanglier  OED:  sanglier n.  MED: DMLBS:  singularis 3096c

The adjectival use features only in a direct translation of Latin aper singularis: ‘solitary boar’, i.e. ‘wild boar’.

s.

1 mammals wild boar, Sus scrofa
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Deguastat icele li senglers de la selve (Latin: Vastavit eam aper de silva)  Camb Ps 148.LXXIX.13
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Trovent fiers senglers e granz salvages porcs  Rom Chev ANTS 7203
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Willame [...] salt del lit cum hardi sengler  Ch Guill 1495
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernés urine de sengler Et arrement o miel medler  Pop Med 158.283
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  le roy que pursiwy un cengler  Fouke ANTS 57.24
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Aprés Envye vint suiant Sa soer dame Ire, enchivalchant Moult fierement sur un sengler  GOWER Mirour 879
( MS: s.xv )  Pernez [...] veyl oynt salé de sengler, taunt cum plus est  (ms. ist) veuz taunt meus vaut  Five Med MSS 179.E703
decor. representation of a wild boar
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Morys se arma mout richement, e prent le vert escu a deus senglers d'or batu  Fouke ANTS 26.1
( 1373 )  a nostre tres amé compaigne la roigne une botoun a gyse d'une singler d'ore et de perre  GAUNT1 ii 191
( 1382 )  un grand nouche ovesque quatre senglers d'azour, quatre nouches a la guyse de egles  Foedera1 iv 148
2 ven. boar-hunting
( 1382 )  venablia [sic]: gleyve a sengler  TLL ii 56
( 1397 )  .x. larges testes de guerre pur launces dont .j. pur le sengler  Gloucester Inventory 306
teste de sengler
1 culin. boar’s head (served as a dish)
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Des cours k'il urent au manger. Primes la teste de sengler ben armé (=garnished with bacon) E le groin plein banneré  BIBB ROTH (G) 1115
2 herald. boar’s head (as part of armorial bearings)
( c.1334 )  Monsire Ankeryn Salucion, d'argent a un cheveron de goules a troiz testes de sengler de goules  Ashmole Roll 4 m.4

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porc sengler
mammals wild boar, Sus scrofa
( MS: c.1300 )  [...] et treis oyngnouns et oint de porc sengler une livere et mellez touz ensemble  Pop Med 225.3

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See also:

singuler 
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