mainger

Champenois

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mengier, from Late Latin manducāre (“chew, devour”). Cognate with French manger, Bourguignon mainger, Picard minger, Norman maungier, Walloon magnî, Franco-Provençal mengiér, Occitan manjar.

Noun

mainger

1. (Clairvaux) to eat

References

• Jean Daunay, Parlers de Champagne, 1998
• Baudouin, Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (Ville-sous-la-Ferté), 1887