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anguissable (s.xii2/4)
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anguissable (s.xii2/4)

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anguisable  
  FEW:  angustiare 24,574b Gdf:  angoissable 1,292a GdfC: ∅ TL: angoissable 1,391 DEAF:  angoisse (angoissable)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

1emotionanguished, tormented, worried: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  E li quens Guenes en fut mult anguisables  Roland 280
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Naimes li dux tant par est anguissables, E li paiens de ferir mult le hastet  Roland 3444
2fig.difficult, wearisome: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Passent cez puiz e cez roches plus haltes, Cez vals parfunz, cez destreiz anguisables  Roland 3125

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