sompnour

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Middle English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French semoneor; equivalent to somonen, sompnen +‎ -our.

Noun

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sompnour

  1. summoner
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Summoner's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 1665-1667:
      This Somnour in his stiropes hye stood;
      Up-on this Frere his herte was so wood,
      That lyk an aspen leef he quook for yre.
      This Summoner in his stirrups stood high;
      Upon this Friar his heart was so enraged,
      That like an aspen leaf he quaked for ire.

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