amenusement (c.1245)
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amenusement (c.1245)

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[ FEW: 6/ii,132b minutiare; Gdf: 1,259c amenuisement; GdfC: 8,103a amenuisement; TL: 1,340 amenuisement; DEAF:  menuise (amenuisement); DMF:  amenuisement; TLF:  amenuisement; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
amenusement,  amenusment,  amenussement,  ameneuchement  ii 175,  amenticement (l. amenucement?)  335  

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1loss, diminution: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Li chambereins […] veit le larcin […] Amenusement i veit (=of the treasure)  1014
( 1345-46 )  le dit mestre prendra pour son overeigne coigner, […] amenusement du pois, & pour ses despenses […]  ii 452
( 1422 )  le perde & damage qe aviendra par le gaste & amenusment du pois en tiell foundure  iv 178
a, en amenusement de
1to the detriment, loss of: 
( 1302 )  […] en perte e amenusement des fermes e des coustumes nostre Seignur le Rey  i 156
( 1327 )  a grant amenussement de eaux  124
( 1372 )  a grant amenusement du pris dé laynes  ii 314
par amenusement
1decreasingly, less each time: 
( MS: c.1400 )  Li malade dira […] par .ix. jours cest psalme: Quicunque vult. C’est a savoir le primer jour .ix. foiz, [...] le tierce jour set foiz, e issi chescun jour par amenusement […]  73.T55
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amenusement