assurdir (s.xii1)
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The form asurdi is a cross reference to the following entry:

assurdir (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  surdus 12,454a Gdf:  assorder 1,450a / assordir 1,450b GdfC:  assourdir 8,217b TL: assorder 1,605 / assordir 1,605 DEAF:  sort 2 (assorder)  / sort 2 (assordir)  DMF:  assourder  / assourdir  TLF:  assourdir  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
asourder,  asurdir  

v.a.

1pathol.med.to make deaf, deprive of hearing: 
( MS: c.1335 )  (wife’s lover speaking:) Mes qui m’enseignast la medicine Par quei ele (=spying old woman) fust asourdee, Je l’en donasse grant soudee […] Quar […] si a tro clere l’oreyle  iii 154.82

v.refl.

s'assurdir a
1to turn a deaf ear, refuse to listen to: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  A la mei lerme ne te assurdisses (Latin: obsurdescas)  68.XXXVIII.14

p.p._as_a.

1deaf, unwilling to listen: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Kar nus eimes tuz asurdiz Quant n’amum oir les Deu diz  143ra37
( MS: s.xiv1 ) Par qe ma dame aillors se humilie Si qe devers moy est tut assurdie  257.20
essurdir  surd#1 
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