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ML templdFlus. or in ME l'iker or l'lcalr, from OF l'icoire, from ML l'ic4rlus (L uiclJrius).

Cf -my for the corresponding adj; ef also agential -er.

....., -art, as in brocgart. coward, dr/l1lkard, is. except in Proper Names, unfavourable, connoting either excess or discmdit or both. It comes from OF or MF (ooc EF). whicb took it from OHO or MHO -hDrt. akin to the E adj HARD. q.v. Exx: braggart, EF bragard (cf BllAO)-coward, OF couard-drunkard. from E adj dnmk+-ardtlNllord. similarly formed-LeonaTd. adopted from OF. from G Leon1Iard (lion-bard, i.e. lion-brave) -niggard from ME nw, a niggard, with depreciatory -IJI'd for good measuro-Rlchard, from OF (of OHO origin)-slugg'ard, consisting of alUK. n+euphonie -g-+-ard.