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stranger (1374-75)

stranger (1374-75)

straunger  
  FEW:  extraneus *3,332a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  estrange (*)  DMF: TLF: OED:  stranger n. and a.  MED:  straunger a.  / straunger(e n.  DMLBS:

a.

statusforeign, non-resident (in a town or country)
( 1415-17 ) Item pur .ix. mynstrelles pur le feste - .iij. li. et pur mynstrelles straungers .xv. s. .viij. d. et pur boire .viij. d.  Mch Tayl Accs1 4 Henry V

s.

statusstranger, foreigner, one who is non-resident (in a town or a country)
( 1374-75 ) Ceux sont les nouns dé strangers q’ount paié pur lour entré al almeingne de Seint Donstoun (=guild of goldsmiths): [...]  Goldsmiths 168
( 1386-87 ) [...] que nul straunger ne servant du dit artifice ne seura en nulle lieu fors solement en la shop d’acune meistre taillour en ceste cité  YMB i 99
( 1431 ) le dit roy de Denmark ad ordené son staple pur le concours dez strangers  Rot Parl1 iv 378

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See also:

estranger1  strange  strangnes 
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