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sover (s.xiii)

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

sover (s.xiii)

sovel;  sovier;  suveurre  (somer (l. sovier)  Rot Parl1 ii 264.6 soner (l. sover)  Rot Parl1 ii 268.1 sonor (l. sover)  Rot Parl1 ii 268.1)  
  FEW:  subinde *12,333b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  sovent (sover)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

This adjective is attested only in Anglo-Norman, and is presumably a derivative of sovent1 (from Latin subinde), possibly a contraction of sovener1.

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frequent, regular
( MS: s.xiii ) crebris: sovers  TLL ii 120.67
( MS: s.xiiiex ) usito: (D) frequentatum u sovel  (ed. sove[ne]l)  TLL ii 170
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) frequentem: (D) sover (var. (L: s.xiii/xiv) suveurre ))  TLL ii 73.73
( 1352 ) autres soviers taxes, taillages et plusours autres cheances qe les ont survenuz  Rot Parl1 ii 237.9
( 1368 ) divers et sovers ofres et demandes  Rot Parl1 ii 294.7

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See also:

sovener1  sovenerement  sovent1  soventement  soventre1  soverement 
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