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ahan (1121-25)
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The form achan is a cross reference to the following entry:

ahan (1121-25)

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achan;  haan,  hahan,  han,  haun  (adhan)  
  FEW:  *afannare 24,240a Gdf:  ahan 1,172b GdfC: ∅ TL: ahan 1,219 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  ahan  TLF:  ahan  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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hardship, suffering: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Or ad un an Que avez suffert de mer le han  S Brend mup 546
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Si k’a vint jurz avra un an Ke ai sufert travail e achan  Ipom BFR 1642
( MS: s.xiiiex )  De le ber ke ele duna a Tritran [sic] Dunt pus sufret si grant adhan  Folie Trist Berne 28
♦distress, affliction: 
( MS: c.1300 )  le travail e le haan Ke Judas suffre  Judas 17
♦also_fig. trouble, pains: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Asez ot guere e grant ahan  GAIMAR1 1656
faire ahan a
to cause trouble to: 
( MS: s.xivin )  Coment oscist de Tyr le chan, A meynt paen fist haan  Gui Pruesses 21
mettre en ahan
to cause trouble for: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Cist metra, si il poet, dan Gudmod en ahan  Horn 3327
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