[oster]2 (c.1300 (?))

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[oster]2 (c.1300 (?))

[ gdw]

[ FEW: ; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  hoster n.1; MED:  hoster n.; DMLBS: ]
hoster  

Although not found in the French or Latin dictionaries, the OED (with an earliest attestation dated to c.1503) and the MED (tentatively dated to c.1300) both suggest that the word must be a rare synonym for oste1, osteler1 and ostelein. As such, it may be considered an abbreviated form of osteler1, in the same way as osterie is of ostelerie. Alternatively – and without further context – the word may also be interpreted as a variant of the formally similar but semantically unrelated ostoir1, which is equally rare (and just as problematic to gloss).

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1occupationhosteler, landlord of an inn or lodging house (?)
( c.1300? )  Item de quodam hoster Tydeman de Sternebage [...] Item de Hanekyn le hoster  hoster
ostage#2  oste#1  ostel  ostelage  ostelein  osteler#1  osteler#2  ostelere  ostelerie  ostelet#1  ostelment  osterie  ostesse 
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