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aïr (1121-25)
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aïr (1121-25)

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aer;  ahir,  aïre;  haïr  
  FEW:  *adirare 24,143a Gdf:  air 1 1,193c GdfC: ∅ TL: äir 4,829 DEAF:  haïr H45 DMF:  aïr  TLF: ∅ OED:  air n.2  MED:  air n.2  DMLBS: ∅

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1fierceness: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ly autre ypotamy […] henissent entr’els e siblent cum serpenz Pur anguisser lur aïre e lur hardemenz  Rom Chev ANTS 4949
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Li cuens d’A. est mult de grant aïr  FANT OUP 1026
2violence, impetuosity: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Pur sul l’aïr e le sun vent Pur poi la nef achant ne prent  S Brend mup 1013
( 1303 )  ceux qe […] front aers, mal, damage ne grevaunce  Lib Cust 167
a, de, par aïr, grant aïr
1fiercely: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Par grant aïr lur mains lacerent  Brut WACE 1122
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  De aïr l’ad feru  Horn 1704
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  (Moses) prent sa verge, si vait desqu’a la mer, Il fert la verge en l’ewe a grant aïr (:tenir)  Anc Test (B) 2184
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Oscient e detrenchent par grant aïr  Gui War 5505
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  le referri de si grant heir ke il abati e ly e le chival  Reis Engl1 184
2fig.suddenly, with great speed: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  jeo veeie un ray De grant clarté […] sailir Amunt al ciel par grant aïr  S Edm Life ANTS 1254
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