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skirmia

skirmia [AN eskirmie, eskermie; cf. ME skirmerie], fighting (or practising fighting) with a sword or other weapon, fencing. 1220 data fuit [equa] ei apud Cardif' in Walia cum porcis a quodam homine per sicut doceret ei de skermia SelPlCrown 125; 1220 ut doceret eum de skermia CurR VIII 272; 1419 de skirima [sic; ? l. skirmia] seu de ludendo ad peltam MGL I 250.

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