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sorcer (c.1185)

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sorcer (c.1185)

sorcier;  sorceor,  sorceour; 
pl. sorcerys  
  FEW:  sors 12,120b Gdf: GdfC:  sorcier 10,689c TL: sorcier 9,873 DEAF:  sort 1 (sorcier)  DMF:  sorcier  TLF:  sorcier  OED:  sorcer n.  MED:  sorcer n.  DMLBS:  sortiarius (sorcerus) 3139c

The adjectival usage is unique to Proth ants.

s.

sorcerer, one who practises sorcery or witchcraft
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 ) Ubbe ert sorciers si sout tuit le estre, De sorcerie fu tuit mestre  S Edm Life ANTS 1935
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 ) Quant vint endreit les sorceours  S Greg 2465
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 ) En sorcers ne en sorcerie Gardez qe ne creez mie  Man pechez 1257
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) Et meymes tiel jugement eynt sorciers et sorceresces, et renyez, et somodites [...]  BRITT i 42
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/4 ) Ses sorcerys trestuz maunda E forment les aresouna  Merlin Proph Prol 85
( 1399; MS: s.xv1 ) un laron, une larronesse, un sorcier, une sorcieresse, un murdre, une murdriere  Man lang ANTS 51.11

a.?

sorcerous, skilled in sorcery or witchcraft
( c.1185; MS: s.xiii1/3 ) [...] cele dammeisele Est si veisduse et si sorcere [...] et si artiere Que si sovent l'enchantera, Jo sai ben qu'il l'espusera  Proth ANTS 7364

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See also:

sorceier  sorcelure  sorcere  sorcerere  sorceresse  sorcerie  sort1  sortir  sortiseor 
This is an AND2 Phase 5 (R-S) entry. © 2018-21 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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