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aukes (s.xii1/3)
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aukes (s.xii1/3)

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akes,  alches,  alkes,  alqes,  alque,  alques,  aqes,  aques,  aquis;  aske,  asque;  auke,  aukisa,  auqes,  auques,  auquis;  auskes;  haukes  (acuy,  acuys,  alquels  Anc Test (B) 11353, (B) 13775)  
  FEW:  aliquid 24,322a Gdf:  alques 1,237b GdfC: ∅ TL: auques 1,679 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  auques  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

pr.indef.

aukes de
1some kind of: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 )  Ele out apris aukes de enchauntement  Boeve (B) 999
2quantitativea little: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Alques par cest ai de guarant (=protection), Mais en enfern ne me valt rien  S Brend mup 1454
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Jo ai ici alques d’argent  Liv Reis1 17

adv.

quantitativesomewhat, a little: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 ) Iceste piere ad colur bele le matin, et puis muet alches sa colur et sa bealtet  Lapid 109.XLV.2
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Seint Pierre a ceo aukes suzrist  S Clem ANTS 6861
( MS: s.xiii )  mirreus: auke sor  TLL i 54
( c.1270; MS: s.xivin )  Pur que, si fussez dependu, Auke confort en puise aver  Plaintes Vge 95.844
( MS: s.xiiiex )  oblomgo: (C) auke long  TLL ii 42
( MS: s.xiiiex )  primulas gallice: auke primer  TLL ii 167
♦quantitativein some measure, to some extent: 
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Altres vessels d’areim […] Alques menurs de cel (=other vessel)  Anc Test (E) 12850
♦fairly, rather: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  Li vent funt la pluie endurcir E en galeste devenir Auques trenchante et quarree  Lapid 217.421
( s.xiiim; MS: c.1300 )  Un dur chaillou, aukes trenchant  Dial Jul 277
♦quantitativeat all, to any extent: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  T. le fiz B. e sis freres ausi, Sunt il auques suvent od R. de L.?  FANT OUP 1555
♦in any way: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  ceux qe monee countrefete et aukes semblable a la nostre eynt aporté en noster reaume  BRITT ii 25
♦somehow, at least: 
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  si vus ne poez autrement […] chastier vostre gent. Aukes poez grossement Parler pur lur chastiement  Man pechez 3591
♦temporalfor a while, for any (length of) time: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Si il alkes i sunt, il vivrerunt a lastet  Horn (O) 5089
aukes […] aukes
temporalsometimes […] sometimes: 
( s.xiv1 )  qi sovent enportent lur salarie quaunt lur bosoignes sount chevyz, auquis la moyté de lur covenaunt, auquis l’entier  King’s Bench i.cliii
aukes que
other than: 
( 1313-14 )  et ceus qi furent alqes qe bons  YBB Ed II v 56
d’aukes
quantitativesomewhat, to some extent: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Par lui e par sa force d’aukes serrad vengee  FANT OUP 779
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