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adosser (c.1136-37)

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adosser (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 3,145a dorsum; Gdf: 1,108c adosser; GdfC: 8,35b adosser; TL: 1,151 adosser; DEAF: ∅; DMF: adosser; TLF: adosser; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]

adoser

v.a.

1to put on:

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) ‘Alez’, fait il, ‘si vous armez. Les hosbers [blanz] tost adossez’ 8206

2to knock flat, bowl over:

( 1155; MS: s.xii^ex ) Petrelium unt trespassé E Bos od lui unt adossé E Bretun unt Bos relevé 12052

( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) La dame (=B.V.M.) n’est de foldre adossee 125.67

3to turn one’s back on, abandon:

( MS: s.xii^4/4 ) Si as adossé tut tun gentil lignage 414

( c.1188-95; MS: s.xii^4/4 ) Male vie menoent, puis [qu’il] les adossad 160

( s.xiii^2/4; MS: c.1300 ) A la fosse Li mort les (=riches, etc.) adosse Tant ne seient finz 1325

♦to reject:

( s.xii^ex; MS: s.xiii^m ) Tot a costume se veit plus encombrer S’il tot nel volt guerpir e adosser 156

v.refl.

1to lean:

( c.1136-37; MS: s.xii^ex ) W.T. est descenduz […] Aprés un tremble s’adosat 6315

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