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enasprir (s.xii1)
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enasprir (s.xii1)

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enasprer;  enaprir  
  FEW:  asper 25,472a Gdf:  enasprir 3,84b GdfC: ∅ TL: enasprir 3,171 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  enasprir  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to make harder: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Le chald soleil e le lung jur Enaprist forment lur labur  S Edw barking 3522
2to goad, egg on: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  le asne dayt travayler. Enaspre[r] le deyt em par bature  S Fran ANTS 2165
( 1323-25 )  jeo [...] les (=shipyard workers) ay ledengez et enaspriz [...] en tiele manere qe totes les nefs [...] serront prestes  St Sard 58

v.intrans.

to be vexatious, rebellious: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  [...] chi enasprissent ne seient exalcet en sei medesme  Oxf Ps ANTS 79.65.6

p.pr. as a.

vexatious, rebellious: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  generaciun felunesse e enasprissante  Camb Ps 105.LXXVII.10

p.p. as a.

sore, rough, irritated: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Je travaille crianz, enaspriz (Latin: exasperatum) est mis guitruns  Camb Ps 117.LXVIII.4
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