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Noun
c. 12th or 13th Century, Jean Bodel, De Haimet et de Barat:Dïent « Dame, ou est vo barons ? »
Celle ne connut les larrons :
« Seignor », fist-elle, « il est el bos »
« Pour fair amener des fagoz »- They said « Dear lady, where is your husband? »
She didn't know these robbers
« My Lords » said she « he is in the woods »
« To bring back some logs ».
c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 182, lines 2257–8:Seignurs, cest cunte est mult divers,
e pur ço l'uni par mes vers- Sirs, this story is very diverse,
and for this, I try to bring it together with my verses
10th century, Turold, La Chanson de Roland, page XIII :« Seignurs barons, » dist li emperere Carles- « Sir barons, » said the emperor Charles