Talk:dextrer
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- (obsolete) A warhorse; a destrer.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Ryme of Syr Thopas”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- By him baiteth his dextrer.
Tagged by Astova, not listed (“Chaucer is Middle English (enm) and quote looks dubious (not found here, modernised in spelling?)”). J3133 (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- It's the same word as destrer and destrier, the latter of which is the OED headword. OED notes that the Chaucer text is also read "destrer, dester, deistrere, dextrere", and offers nothing else (modern or not) for this spelling. This, that and the other (talk) 08:43, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
RFV-failed This, that and the other (talk) 02:53, 20 March 2022 (UTC)