archer1 (c.1136-37)
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archer1 (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 25,124b arcus; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 8,171a archier; TL: 1,503 archier; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  archer 1; TLF:  archer; OED:  archer n.; MED:  archer n.; DMLBS: 121a arcuarius ]
archeer,  archer,  archier, 
pl. archez  5741, 
pl. archares(l. archeres)  257  

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1weaponsoccupationven.archer, one hunting with a bow: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiii1/3 )  De l’altre part raveit asis […] Par ses forez ses forestiers; Ja n’i entrast chien ne archer  6224
♦mil.archer: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  E chevalers y venent e serjans ensement e archers plusurs  2254
( MS: s.xiii2 )  hic architenens gallice: archer  i 230
( MS: s.xiiiex )  arcubulus gallice: archer  ii 159
( MS: c.1300 )  Archers de Walz  47
( a.1382 )  ascunes archiers (Latin: sagittarii) hardyment les assaillerent  11.31
(TBD)  architenentes: archers (var. ( ) aleblasters; ( ) archeers)  ii 129
2occupationarcher, layabout (?): 
( 1316 )  e des archers et autres gentz udifs, nul ne y vigne  239.34
3astron.Sagittarius: 
( 1256; MS: c.1300 )  De dusze signes sunt garni […] Virgine, Balance, Escorpiun, Archer, Chevere  1051
trait d’un archer
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