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

agu (s.xii1)

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ague,  ageu,  agui;  agud,  agut;  acu,  aku;  aigu,  augu  
  FEW:  acutus 24,128a Gdf:  agu 1,169b GdfC:  aigu 8,54c TL: agu 1,214 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  aigu  TLF:  aigu  OED:  ague n.  MED:  ague n.  / agu(e adj.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1sharp: 
( s.xii2/4; MS: c.1200 )  et des agues pieres ki en fruissent entaillet hom les altres gemes  Lapid 97.I.6
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  […] sicume rasuir agud (Latin: quasi novacula acuta)  Camb Ps 90.LI.2
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  faucille ague bien trenchaunt  Apoc giffard 2679
( MS: s.xiiiex )  acuta cuspide: (C) par ague poynte  TLL ii 43
♦sharpened, pointed: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  (the antelope) Dous cornes ad agues, Trenchanz e esmolues  Best ants 763
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  le destrer broche de l’agu esporons  Boeve 3226
( MS: s.xiii1 )  preacutam: acu  TLL ii 106
♦pathol.med.(of nostrils) pinched: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  L’orine [est] coloree roge ou susroge et le col graille et les narines agues  A-N Med i 231
2geometry (of angle) acute: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  Si li sovereins angles soit aguz  Chiromancies tlm 49.12
3pathol.med. (of illness) acute: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  aprés agues maladies  A-N Med ii 155
♦fig.lethal: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Coment Alisandre al manger but la poison:[…] Agu prent la cupe si en beit bonement. [...] Li beiveres fut ague, e si chet trenchantment  Rom Chev ANTS C182
4steep: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Tanz valz parfunz […] tant tertre e munz aguz  S Modw 7390
5fig.astute, sharp: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  mult est ly enf[es] Edmund De tenve sens (var. (B: s.xiv2/4) De acue sen ) e de parfund  S Edm Life ANTS 1704 (var.)
( MS: s.xiiiex )  […] signefie agu engin e mençunger pleins de tricherie  Chiromancies tlm 49.11
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  bien apris en lettres grues et latines et de agu sen  TREVET Cron1 145.17
♦cunning: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  trop esteit felun veisin, Kar fel esteit vers ses procheins E mult cruel vers les lonteins, Gopil acuz vers ses parenz E enemi a tutes genz  S Edm Life1 1885
6culin.condim.spiced, pungent: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Contre voncher qui vient de agues viandes  A-N Med i 212
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xiii2 )  Diaria pot avenir […] de viandes agues  Med Treatise 150.56
ewe ague
ewe1
fevere ague
fevere1
pere ague
implementwhetstone: 
( MS: 1419 )  ové un ague pier entour soun col  Lib Alb 601

adv.

sharply, keenly: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Dunckes ert bien enluminez E dunc verrat agu e cler  Mirur1 130ra23

s.

1point: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  les gros chefs (=of nails) esteyent […] rundz, mes le agu Esteyt beelung e referu  S Fran ANTS 5669
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Le hericeoun boute hors le agu de l’espyne  BOZ Cont 89
2implementneedle: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  acus […] grosciscimas: tregros acus  TLL ii 99

See also:

tresagu 
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