aforce (c.1136-37)
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aforce (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 3,731a *fortiare; Gdf: 3,156c enfort /3,455c esforce; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1043 esforce; DEAF:  force 1 (aforce) / forcier 1 (esforce); DMF:  efforce / enfort; TLF: ∅; OED:  efforce n. / enforce n.; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
afforce;  efforce,  effort,  efforz,  eforce;  enforz;  esfors,  esforz, 
pl. asforz  

s.

1force, strength, power: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Ebrauc [...] Tint enprés sun pere le regne. Cist fud de merveillus esforz E mult fud granz e mult fu forz  1495
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Ou grant navirie entrent en porz Ou fier orgoil, ou grant enforz  288
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Vers l’averser enprent l’atie Par grant enforz de seignurie  4720
♦mil.force(s), army: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  E loinz e pres tut ad mandet, Mult grant effort ad asemblez  3364
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  [...] Mais dechaeir vit son esforz, Vit des homes les plusors morz; Franceis de totes parz espeissent, Normant dechient e descressent  ii 39.4107
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Od grant asforz vus siwerunt  6049
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  countes, barones, seignours et citizeyns ové toute l’afforce de Frauns  34.30
2effort: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Mort fu trové entre les morz, Nel pout garir ses granz esforz  ii 215.8858
3mil.assault, attack: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  un afforce par espey et launce  ii 200
4lawafforcement, strengthening (of argument): 
( 1304 )  Sire, pur aforce etc., vous dioms q’il […]  32-33 Ed I 137
a (grant) aforce
1 with great (physical) effort: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  fevres e chanpenters manda. Donc veissiez a grant esforz Par Normendie a toz les porz Mairrien atraire e fuz porter  ii 120.6333
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  E si l’ot il nis trahiné (=out of water) Par les chievels a grant esforz  4741
2horsesequit.at full gallop: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Sun cheval brochet, laiset curre a esforz  1197
aforce de
1(= a force de) on account of: 
( MS: s.xiii3/3 )  J. de C. […] afforce de larroun fu resseu e recoilli  (S) 65
force#1 
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