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afilé (c.1170)
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afilé (c.1170)

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affilé  
  FEW:  filum *3,532a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  afiler 8,40c TL: afiler 1,188 DEAF:  fil 1 (afiler) F451 DMF:  affiler  TLF:  affiler 1  OED:  affile v. 1  MED:  affilen v.  DMLBS:  affilare 1 49a / affilare 2 49a

a.

honed, sharpened: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Rodmund ferit lui [...] Un grant cop mult plener de sun brant afilez  Horn 4775
♦fig.sharp, eloquent, well-honed: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Tant unt la lange affilee, De teu dolur envenimé  Set Dorm ANTS 879
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Mult furent esmu de grant ire Ke crestienté serreit si avilee Par malveisté de Gyus afilee  Mir N-D 154.130
( c.1305; MS: c.1330 )  Ceo fet li faus losengur de parole afilé  BOZ Char 70
tres afilé
tresafilé

See also:

afilee  defiler2  filer2  tresafilé 
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