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CloÞ-merys - mare-clothers (?contemptuous reference to blacksmiths as fashioning pieces of horse armour)

I <3 my middle English dictionary

ALSO

"craue batayl bare" is not "demand battle openly" but rather "demand naked battle". Sir Gwaine and the Grene knight is so slashable.

http://litbrick.com/2010/06/07/gawain1/