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adesuz (s.xiii1/3)

adesuz (s.xiii1/3)

adesouz,  adesoutz,  adesouth,  adesuthe  
  FEW:  subtus 12,371b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF:  dessus (au dessus)  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

prep.

fig.under
( 1343-50 )  tindrent le joevene roy a desuthe lour subjeccion  Cron Lond1 61.19

adv.

1below, at the bottom
( 1313 )  neof pees de haut dé gites a de souz jeqes au tref a de sus  Build salz 421
2below, further on (in the text)
( 1309; MS: s.xvi2 )  par diverse surquiderie ount l’estate  (ed. l’estates) de lour tenure maint foitz chaungé, si come vous le troverez adesuz dit  Petit Bruit 5.29
3fig.in subjection
( 1343-50 )  Et si tindrent le joevene roy […] tot a desouth  Cron Lond1 63.18
4fig.laid low
( 1323-25 )  ils sont si adesouz par povreté qe […]  St Sard 4
adesuz pié
fig.under foot, in subjection
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  N’est yl dount grant pyté Que taunt est mys a desouth pee Dame Lealté?  Mar Diable 374
fuir adesuz
to flee secretly, to go into hiding
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  car jeo ne m’en fui point adesouth (var. qar je ne fui pas desouth) (Latin: Non enim subterfugi) issint qe jeo ne vous countai tut le consail de nostre Seignor Deu  Actes (A) 371d

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desuz1 
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