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shavaldour (1324)
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shavaldour (1324)

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schavaldour,  shivaldour  
  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  shavaldour n.  MED:  shavaldour n.  DMLBS:  shavaldor 3062c
ls(loanword: M.E. (?))
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The origin of the word is obscure, but OED (Second Edition, 1989), MED and DMLBS all suggest a possible Anglo-Norman origin, associating the word with chevaler1. The earliest attestations are found in Latin sources (1317).

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robber, brigand on horseback mainly active near the Scottish border: 
( 1324 )  en la primere flote passassent hobelours, shavaldours et archiers et autres gentz suspeccionous  St Sard 66
( 1343-50; MS: 1343-50 )  les Escoces entrerent en Engeltere, et robberent en Northumberland, et firent un shivaldour, William Waleis, lour cheventein  Cron Lond1 25
( 1355-64; MS: s.xivex )  En quel houre, Johan le Irroys ravist la Dame de Clifforde. Lez maufesurs estoint appellez schavaldours  Scalacronica 84

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