[romongere] (1212)
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[romongere] (1212)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 23,61b muletier /*16,735b ross; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  romangre / ros (*); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  romonger n.; MED:  ro-mongour n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
romangeour,  romanger,  romangre,  romongur;  rumangur,  rumongour  
Compound with M.E.

The first element, ro, is a word for ‘horse’, also found in Continental French (cf. DMF rosse and DEAF ros), but otherwise not attested in Anglo-Norman.

The unetymological sense of ‘mule-driver’ has no equivalent in Middle English, and seems to be specific to Dial Greg satf.

s.

1merch.occupationhorseshorse-dealer: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  mango: mercator, quia manu tangit equos, gallice romongur  ii 172
2occupationhorsesmule-driver: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  André [...], Qui romangre ert e marreschals Jadis sour les cours des chevals  9129
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Aprés Constanz avra pastour Aquine lu romangeour (Latin: mulionem)  9118
3name(used as a surname): 
( 1222 )  Joh’s rumangur de dunstaple  romonger n.
( 1239 )  Homorius le Rumongour  romonger n.
mongere 
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