1statusburgess, citizen, townsman:
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Quant Brutus out sa cité fete [...] Citedeins i mist e burgeis
1253
(
1283
)
as prudes hommes del reaume ke ne sunt burgees ne marchants
12
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
de vile est dit villein, de bours borjois
79
(
1327
)
ke les avantditz gentz puissent eslyre [...] alderman [...] e fere burgeys
ii 26
♦
statustownsman (opposed to knight):
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Tanz borgeis mors, tanz chevalers detrenchez
896
(
s.xivin;
MS: 1312-40
)
Joce quida qu’il fust borgeis, quar borgeys relement ont vestu les armes, e ceus qe l’enfant avoit furent roynous e ledes
12.29
♦
lawtenant:
(
1291-92
)
il ne sount pas bourgés le ray mes tenent par baronie
36
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burgeis (1155)