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warderere
† warderere, int. Obs. rare. [a. AF. *ware derere (ware = mod.F. gare, look out; derere = mod.F. derrière behind).] ? Look out behind!c 1386 Chaucer Reeve's T. 181 Thise sely clerkes rennen vp and doun With keepe, keepe, stand, stand, Iossa, warderere [v.rr. ware þe rere, ware derere].
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warderer
ˈwarderer Obs. exc. Hist. Also ward(e)rere. [Identical with warder n.2; if the longer form be the original, it may have been a jocular use of warderere int.] A warder or truncheon.a 1400–50 Wars Alex. 838 Þan Alexander at þis knyȝt angirs vnfaire, Wynnes him vp a wardrere [v.r. wardrerd] he walt in ...
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jossa
† jossa Obs. [Conjectured by Prof. Skeat to be an adv. = ‘Down here’, repr. an OF. *jos-{cced}a, for the actual OF. {cced}a jus. But it may be a n. (in vocative) or vb. (in imper.).]c 1386 Chaucer Reeve's T. 181 Keepe, keepe, stand, stand, Iossa warderere, Ga whistle thou and I shal kepe hym heere.
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