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aoir (s.xii1)
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aoir (s.xii1)

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aoire  
  FEW:  adaugere 24,134b Gdf:  aoire 1,305c GdfC: ∅ TL: aoire 1,409 DEAF:  aoire  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  adaugere 26a

v.trans.

to increase: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  E aoist sun pople forment  Oxf Ps ANTS 106.104.22
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Par mei serrunt creu ti jor, E aoiz te serrunt les anz De ta vie (Latin: Per me enim multiplicabantur dies tui, et addentur anni tibi vite)  Salemon 5797
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Lur sainte mort aoist lur los  S Edw barking 129
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Ki sun mal aoit(e) mal se venge  Rom de Rou wace i 259.2630

See also:

ahoiter  anoiter1 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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