1agony, extreme physical suffering, struggle:
(
1280-1307;
MS: s.xiv1
)
Kar si tu ne eys de Deu ayde en le agonye, Pur qank tu fras ne durroy un alye
381.1411
(
1280-1307;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
tu n’as de Deu ayde en longanye
(var.
(B: s.xiv2/4) Car si ne eis aide de Dieu en cel agonie
)
ii 284 (var.)
(
1356-57;
MS: s.xivex
)
par nuyt elles
(=crocodiles) habitent en l'eawe, [...] et ne mangent point tout l'yver, ancis gisent en agone si come font les serpentz
452
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