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acurer (1120-40)
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acurer (1120-40)

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acourer  
  FEW:  cor 2/ii,1170b Gdf:  acorer 1,77c GdfC: ∅ TL: acorer 1,111 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  acorer  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

also_fig.to pierce (to the heart): 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Ki prechera desoremais de cele lei nuvele Acurer frai u enfundrer de teste u de cervele  S Aub 1264
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  acurez fu d’une launce  S Edw paris ANTS 218
♦to kill, slay: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  tutes les berbiz al vilein furent en la faude troveez: la serpent les ot acurees  MARIE Fables 276.58

p.p. as a.

afflicted, broken: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Cist dols l’avrat enquoi par acurede  S Alexis1 400
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  De feim, de freit uns acurez, Les uns des bestes devurez  Set Dorm ANTS 173
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  le face l’en seignier dedenz le quart jor qu’il est acouriez  A-N Med i 168

See also:

coer1 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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