Norman (iou) and foot(2) (iou)

Norman (iou)

Norman noun1 & adjective. ME.
[Old & mod. French Normans, -anz, pl. of Normant (mod. -and) from Old Norse Noremaer, pl. -menn, (whence Old English NorTmann Northman, Old High German Nordman (Dutch Noorman, German Normanne)), from norer NORTH + maer MAN noun.]
A. noun.
A native or inhabitant of Normandy in NW France; Hist. a member or descendant of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish people inhabiting Normandy from the 10th cent., who conquered England in 1066. ME.
b. A Northman, a Norwegian. rare. E17-L18.
= Norman French below. M17.
The Norman style of architecture. See sense B.2 below. M19.
b. adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Normans or Normandy. L16.
Norman Conquest: see CONQUEST noun. Norman English rare English as spoken or influenced by the Normans. Norman French the form of French spoken by the Normans or (after 1066 and until the 14th cent.) in English lawcourts. Norman Saxon rare = Norman English above. Norman thrush a mistle thrush.
Designating or belonging to a style of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans and prevalent in England from the Norman Conquest until the early 12th cent., characterized by round arches and heavy piers or columns. Cf. ROMANESQUE adjective 3. L18.
? See also ANGLO-NORMAN.
Norma'nesque adjective suggestive of or resembling the Norman style of architecture M19.
Normanism noun prevalence of Norman rule or characteristics; tendency to favour or imitate the Normans: M17.
Normanist noun (a) a supporter of the Normans; (b) an advocate or adherent of the theory that Russia was first settled largely by Scandinavians: E17.

foot(2) (iou)

foot verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
I.
verb intrans. & (esp.) trans. with it.
a. Step, or tread to Music or in time; Dance. LME.
Dryden A Quire of Ladies..That featly footing seem'd to skim the Ground.
b. Walk, go on foot. L16.
S. E. Ferrier He footed away as fast as his short legs..permitted. G. Greene The taxi drew up at the corner of a city street. 'We foot it from here.'
verb trans. Set foot on; walk, Dance, etc., on or over. M16.
J. Henry The ground we footed within the last three days is a very rugged isthmus. R. L. Stevenson It was good to foot the grass.
verb trans. Settle or establish (a person, esp. oneself) in or in a specified place. Now rare. L16.
verb trans.
a. Strike or push with the foot or feet; kick; spurn (lit. & fig.). Now rare. L16.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice You that did..foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold.
b. Of a bird, esp. a hawk: seize with the talons. L16.
verb trans. Follow the tracks of; trace. L18.
II.
verb trans. Make a foot for, add or attach a foot to. LME.
Smollett The stockings which his wife footed for me.
a. verb trans. Write the total at the foot of, add up (an account, bill, etc.). Freq. foll. by up. L15.
H. B. Stowe The wall-paper was..garnished with chalk memorandums, and long sums footed up.
b. verb trans. Pay or settle (a bill). colloq. E19.
T. C. Wolfe Tell him..to spare no expense. I'll foot the bills.
c. verb intrans. Mount or total up to or to a particular sum. M19.

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