acerin (s.xii3/4)
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acerin (s.xii3/4)

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[ FEW: 24,104b aciarium; Gdf: 1,46c acerin; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,76 acerin; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  acérin; TLF:  acérain; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
acherin,  ascerin,  asserin;  asceren,  aceran  3339 (var.)  

a.

1metal(of) steel: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  […] des espiez, E des branz acerins, e des darz aguisiez!  235
♦metal(hard) as steel: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ne fust le fort escu e l’aubert ascerens, Encontre lur espees n’eust eu nul defens  2695
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1300 )  Kant seez assous Mes ne seez mous Mes durs acerins  1533
♦fig.sharp as steel: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  E euse la buche trestut ferine E la lange tut ascerine  128
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