ETYMOLOGY
probably from a first element of uncertain origin + ‑ard (suffix)
EXAMPLE
“… The hare, the scotart,
The bigge, the bouchart,
The scotewine, the skikart,
The turpin, the tirart,
The wei-betere, the ballart,
The go-bi-dich, the soillart,
The wimount, the babbart,
The stele-awai, the momelart,
The evil-i-met, the babbart,
The scot, the deubert,
The gras-bitere, the goibert,
The late-at-hom, the swikebert,
The frendlese, the wodecat,
The brodlokere, the bromcat, …”
From: The Middle English “Names of the Hare“
(Bodleian Library MS Digby 86)
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