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violent (c.1136-65)
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violent (c.1136-65)

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a.

1violent: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Ky par mayn violente clerk ordiné tochayt  LANGTOFT wright i 488
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Sancglot si est .j. son de la violente comocion de l'estomac  Plat 165v
2strong, overpowering: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  une violente puantee  Ancren1 135.14
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  (of medicines)strong, powerful: hom deit user repercussifs, mes noun pas violenz  A-N Med ii 149
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  mes plaies sont perillouses et ma maladie violente  Sz Med1 135
3forceful, insistent: 
( 1323-25 )  li fesoient la somonse molt aspre et molt violents  St Sard 12

s.

violent person: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Tels violenz par ben servir Solent le regne Deu ravir  Salemon 1086

See also:

violer 
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