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desafaité (1150-70)

desafaité (1150-70)

desafeité,  desafeté,  desaffaité,  desaffeté;  dissafaité  
  FEW:  *affactare *24,245b Gdf:  desafaitié 2,531c GdfC: TL: desfaitier (desafaitié) 2,1456 DEAF:  afaitier (desafaitié)  DMF:  desaffaité  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

1ill-bred, ill-mannered
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Vus parlez cum desafaitee Quant si m’avez a desle[e]e  Trist thomas2 1572
( 1430; MS: s.xv2/4 )  Kar si tu soietz (too forward) , tu serras notee Pur denurri et desaffaitee  Courtoisie 435.161
uncouth
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 )  Parlez tout ditz com affaités Et nemy come dissafaités (M.E. as man untauth)  Fem2 1.14
unruly, disorderly
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  mout tres bien adantent lour propre desafeté char  Ancren2 231.5
2upset, disordered
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  [...] dolour de la teste ou gruz de ventre desafaité (var. (Ancren1 268.34: s.xivin) mesafeitee )  Ancren2 130.26
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desafaité