1IslamSaracen, deprecatory term for Muslims used by European invaders:
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
S’il n’i venist plus tost mort l’eust l’auçopart
(var. (O: s.xiiim) azopart; (H: s.xiiim) zopart)
1698
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