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[seour]1 (s.xii1)
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[seour]1 (s.xii1)

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seierre,  seor,  seur  
  FEW:  sedere 11,394a Gdf:  seeor 7,353b / seor 7,384b GdfC: ∅ TL: seeor 9,329 DEAF:  seoir (seeor)  DMF:  séeur  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

sitter, one who sits: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Li Sires regnad, seient commou li pueple; li seierres de (=among) cherubin (Latin: sessor cherubin) seit escrollee la terre  Camb Ps 179.XCVIII.1
( 1255-60; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  jo vi un blaunc cheval, e celu ki sist sur lu aveit un ark [...]. Le seor signefie Nostre Seignur ki set pardurablement en sas seinz  Apoc Trinity ants 17.248
seour de cheval
equit. horse-rider, one who sits on a horse: 
( 1255-60; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Le seur del cheval est Nostre Seignur  Apoc Trinity ants 21.299

[gdw]

See also:

see1  seement  seer1 
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