adjutoire (s.xii1)
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adjutoire (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 24,164b adjutorium; Gdf: 1,208b ajutoire; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  adjutoire; TLF:  adjutoire; OED:  adjutory n. and a.; MED:  adjutori(e n.; DMLBS: 30b adjutorium ]
adjutorie;  ajutorie, 
pl. adjutorius  

s.

1help, succour: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  en lui est afiez mis quers, e je oi ajutorie (Latin: adjutorium)  43.XXVII.7
( MS: s.xii4/4 ) Car par cestui (=St Alexis) averum bone adjutoire  473
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  Croiz (of J. C.), tu es escu de victoire [...] Et as febles ferm adjutoire  868
♦supplementary help, assistance: 
( c.1260; MS: c.1275 )  une escrés que fu adjutorie e eide a l’autre  65
2med.treatment, remedy: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et aprés la purgation […] si doit l’en aler as adjutoires locales  i 190
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