ovriere (c.1170)
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ovriere (c.1170)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: 7,369b operarius; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: 6,1460 ovriere; DEAF:  ovrer (ovriere); DMF:  ouvrière; TLF:  ouvrière; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 2027b operarius ]
overere,  overiere;  uvrere,  uvriere,  uvrire  

s.f.

1femaleoccupationfemale worker: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  (Moses was so handsome that he when walked through the streets) les overeres cesseront de lour overaigne pur lui regarder  25.9
♦femaleoccupationtextilefemale weaver, cloth-worker: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Si l'asist sur sun lit dunt la coilte est chiere D'un paile alixandrin: bon' en fu l'i overiere (var. (O: s.xiiim) bon fud l'ovriere)  815
operer#2  ovrable#1  ovrage  ovraigne  ovral  ovrance  ovre#1  ovree#1  ovrement  ovrer#1  ovresce  ovrier#1  ovrour 
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