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assurdir (s.xii1)
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assurdir (s.xii1)

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asourder  
  FEW:  surdus 12,454a Gdf:  assordir 1,450b GdfC:  assourdir 8,217b TL: assordir 1,605 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  assourdir  TLF:  assourdir  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

pathol.med.to make deaf: 
( MS: c.1335 )  (wife’s lover speaking:) Mes qui m’enseignast la medicine Par quei ele (=spying old crone) fust asourdee, Je l’en donasse grant soudee […] Quar […] si a tro clere l’oreyle  Harley Complete iii 154.82

v.refl.

to turn a deaf ear, refuse to listen: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  A la mei lerme ne te assurdisses (Latin: obsurdescas)  Camb Ps 68.XXXVIII.14

p.p. as a.

deaf, refusing to listen: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Kar nus eimes tuz asurdiz Quant n’amum oir les Deu diz  Mirur1 143ra37
( MS: s.xiv1 ) Par qe ma dame aillors se humilie Si qe devers moy est tut assurdie  Lyric 257.20

See also:

surd1 
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