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servager (c.1270)

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servager (c.1270)

servagre  
  FEW:  servus 11,549a Gdf:  servagier 2 7,400a GdfC: TL: servagier 1 9,558 DEAF:  servir (*)  DMF:  servagier  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

status occupation workman, labourer
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  E son servager se meime mist E de vil overaine s’entremist En miseise e en pover[t]é [...]: Ore a herce, ore a charue, Ore en haie uverant, ore en rue  S Rich ANTS 243
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Le seneschal [...] deit remuer tuz les serjanz nyent besoynables e tuz les servagres ky de ryen ne servent  HENLEY2 268.c15

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See also:

serf1  servage  servant1  servante1  servantie  serve1  serviable  servil  serviour  servir  servisable  servisant  servise1  servitia  servitur  servitute 
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