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amerté (1121-25)
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amerté (1121-25)

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amertet,  amertez;  amertee,  ameretee  (amiertee  126)  
  FEW:  amaritas 24,391a Gdf:  amerté 1,261c GdfC: ∅ TL: amerté 1,347 DEAF:  amerté  DMF:  amerté  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

1bitterness: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  La amertez des pasteianz (Latin: Amaritudo convivarum)  249.CXXXIX.10
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  l’amerté del feel  105.3
♦pathol.med.acidity, sourness: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  de amerté de la bouche  ii 171
2emotionanguish, hardship: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  nul enfermetet, Ne peisance ne amertet  740
♦hardship, difficulty: 
( c.1380; MS: s.xiv4/4 )  j’amesne me vie en grande ameretee, qar verraiement la pecunie […] ne purra suffire  390
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