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surcharge (1203-53)

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[FEW: 2/i,420a carricare; Gdf: ; GdfC: 10,729c surcharge; TL: ; DEAF:  chargier (sorcharge); DMF:  surcharge; TLF:  surcharge; OED:  surcharge n.2; MED:  surcharge n.; DMLBS: 3299c superchargium /3333b surcarca]
sorcharge;  sourcharge,  sourkark;  surcarke,  surcharke,  surkark,  surkarke;  suscharge,  soucharge  Ed II ii 119 (var.) sourkar  i 156 soutcharge  Ed II ii 120  

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1overloading, loading with excessive weight
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) [...] pur summage e cariage fere sanz peril de sez (=the carter's) chivaus, ke il ne seient pur surkarke ne pur trop grant travail surmenez e afolez  280.c50
finan.financial overburdening, subjection to excessive expenditure
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) Le seneschal deit veer ke il n'y eit a nul maner wast ne destruction, ne nule surcarke de nule chose ke tuche le maner  268.c15
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) Et ausi des viscountes [...] qe gentz de religioum [...] grevent par surcharges de lour venues pur herberger ovekes eux sovent  i 93.15
( 1402 ) certeins autres persones [...] ount purchacés [...] certeins lettres patentes de certeins sommes a prendre des issues des ditz countees, en surcharge de mesmes les contees  iii 508.86
2excess, superfluity
( 1203-53 ) Kar ki veist ci un enfant Ki de surfet en eust tant, K’il eust treis piez e treis meins, E un autre ki eust meins, Ke li fausist e poin e pé E ke il fussent ensi né, Fussent il donkes merveillus? Nenil! [...] L’uns ad defaute de nature, L’autre surcarke a desmesure. Merveillus n’ierent ja nomez, Mes monstres seient apelez  534
excessive number, overabundance (of officers, workers, etc.)
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) Nul provost [...] ne deit suffrir ke il y eit surkarke de suzdayes en la daerie  278.c43
( 1278-79 ) la met le chef forester les foresters suz ly a chival e a pé [...] plus ke ne suffist a garder la forest dreyturele [...], a graunt damage e a grevance del pays pur le surcharge de eus [...]  126.4
( 1330 ) Eyent bref au viscounte de Nichol q'il ouste tote manere de suscharge des baillifs errauntz en le dit c[ountee] qi greve le poeple  190.6
agricultural livestockoverstocking of pasture with animals
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) Le seneschal deit purveer ke checun maner seit estoré a seon dreit, e sy il luy ad surkarke a nul maner plus ke la pasture ne poez (l. poet) suffrir, seit remué le surcarke dekes a autre maners  266.c13
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 ) ount pris fins [...] pur surcharge (var. (M: s.xivin) surcarke ) de pasture  i 90
( 1313-14 ) si ad le priour en cel pasture plus de bestaile et augmaile [...] qe ly ne appent a aver [...]. Richard ad sovent venuz et l’ad prié qe il oghtat la surcharge  Ed II xvi 109
( 1323 ) sourcharge de pasture  i 191
agriculturallivestocklawwrit alleging that a person has more animals in common than he or she is entitled to
( 1293 ) A. porta la surkark de pasture ver B., ke respoundy ke yl n'aveyt nuyl tenement en la vile a ky la commune fut apendant  21-22 Ed I 125
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 ) amesuremenz e surcharges sont fesables par jurees d'office  192
charge  sur#2  surcharger 
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