pirarius

pirarius [ML < CL pirum, pirus+-arius] 1 (as adj.) of or pertaining to a pear or pear-tree. 1240 mandatum est Edwardo filio Odonis quod parvam garderobam ‥ lambruscari faciat et cameram privatam emplastrari, et quod emat plantas bonas peirar[ias] et eas constabulario Windl’ tradi faciat Cl 172. 2 (as sb. n.): a pear-tree. b pear-orchard. a 1220 ipsa scidit et destruxit septies xx arbores de gardino, sc. pomeria et ~ia et quercus CurR VIII 358; 1355 fraxinos, pomaria, ~ia et alias arbores ‥ succidit IMisc 172/13; 1368 fecit vastum ‥ succidendo ‥ xl prunar’, ‥ xx pirar’ PlRChester 72 r. 3d..  b 1268 excusserunt ~ium suum tocius fructus precii dimidie marce et asportaverunt et excusserunt pomeria sua tocius fructus precii v s. Rec. Norw. I 212; 1294 cum ij peciis muri ‥ circa ~ium MinAc 991/24. 3 (as place-name, passing into surname). 1135 apud ~ios [Perriers-sur-Andelle] MonA V 198a (= EHR XXXIV 577); 1169 Rob’ de ~iis reddit comp’ de ij m. Pipe 71; 1242 Hugo de ~iis [ChancR: Perariis], dim. m. pro falso clamore Pipe 187.