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songerie (s.xiii2)
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The form sounguarie is a cross reference to the following entry:

songerie (s.xiii2)

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soungerye  (songonaire (l. songuiaire?),  soungnarie (l. sounguarie?))  
  FEW:  somniare 12,86b Gdf:  songerie 7,474c GdfC: ∅ TL: songerie 9,842 DEAF:  songe (songerie)  DMF:  songerie  TLF:  songerie  OED:  songuary n.  MED:  songewarie n.  DMLBS: ∅

The etymological note of the OED (songuary n. third edition, 2017) suggests that the spelling songonaire and soungnarie may be the correct resolution of the u/n confusion, with the unetymological n introduced in analogy with Latin somnus and somniaria. However, English only attests the u spelling, and the Anglo-Norman form songonaire (with what appears to be an unetymological -on addition to the root) is more easily interpreted by taking oua as a variant of ua.

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1dreaming, having dreams: 
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 ) Damoysele songeresse, qe creyt en soungerye  BOZ Char 439
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex ) Et si songent en leur songant Du sempiterne songerie  GOWER Mirour 5286
2divin.book of dream interpretations: 
( MS: s.xiii2 ) Autre songonaire (l. songouaire?) ci commence: [...]  Future 49
( MS: 1272-82 ) Ci comence le soungnarie (l. sounguarie?) Daniel le prophete  Future 37

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See also:

songe1  songeance  songement  songer  songeresse  songour 
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