amerté (1121-25)
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amerté (1121-25)

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[ FEW: 24,391a amaritas; Gdf: 1,261c amerté; GdfC: ∅; TL: 1,347 amerté; DEAF:  amerté; DMF:  amerté; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
amertet,  amertez;  amertee,  ameretee,  amiertee  126  

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1bitterness: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  La amertez des pasteianz (Latin: Amaritudo convivarum)  249.CXXXIX.10
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  l’amerté del feel  105.3
♦pathol.med.acidity, sourness: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  de amerté de la bouche  ii 171
2emotionanguish, hardship: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  nul enfermetet, Ne peisance ne amertet  740
♦hardship, difficulty: 
( c.1380; MS: s.xiv4/4 )  j’amesne me vie en grande ameretee, qar verraiement la pecunie […] ne purra suffire  390
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