adjurer (s.xiii1/4)
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adjurer (s.xiii1/4)

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  FEW:  adjurare 24,160b Gdf:  ajurer 1,208a GdfC:  ajurer 8,66a TL: ajurer 1,271 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  adjurer  TLF:  adjurer  OED:  adjure v.  MED:  adjuren v.  DMLBS:  adjurare 1 30a
 

v.a.

1to beseech: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex )  'Jeo vus adjur, par cerfs de muntaigne E par les cheveres del champ, ne esveillez ma compaigne [...]'  1251

v.n.

1lawto swear an oath: 
( 1278 )  E ceste L. ke fut pur le Roy adjur ore a ceo Parlement  i 11
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