ro-mongour and romongour - Middle English Compendium

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romonger, n.

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Middle English Dictionary Entry

rō̆-mōngǒur n.

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Forms	rō̆-mōngǒur n. Also rommongoure & (in surnames) romonger, romanger(e, rosemonger, rumongour, rumangur.
Etymology	?From ON (cp. OI hross) or OF ros, NF ro horse & ME mōngere n.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

(a) A dealer; ~ of hors, a horse trader; (b) in surnames.

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a

(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)44/34 : Þe zixte [bough of avarice] is: hede þe zoþnesse of þe þinge þet me wyle zelle, ase doþ þe romongours of hors [Vices & V.(2): coruesours and oþere suche; F maskignons].
(1384-5) Name in Wallenberg Vocab.Ayenb.206 fn. : Robert Copehed de Branketre, Rommongoure.

b

(1139) Name in Wallenberg Vocab.Ayenb.206 fn. : Alanus Romanger.
(1142) Name in Wallenberg Vocab.Ayenb.206 fn. : Alanus Rosemonger.
(1200-1210) Name in Wallenberg Vocab.Ayenb.206 fn. : Alanus Romangere, Romonger, Lerumangur.
(1222) Domesday Bk.St.Paul in Camd.6910 : Joh's rumangur de dunstaple.
(1239) Name in Wallenberg Vocab.Ayenb.206 fn. : Honorius le Rumongour.
(1384-5) Name in Wallenberg Vocab.Ayenb.206 fn. : Robert Rommongoure.