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auster1 (s.xiii2/4)

auster1 (s.xiii2/4)

hauster  
  FEW:  austerus 25,1071b Gdf: GdfC:  austere 8,240c TL: auster 1,685 DEAF: DMF:  austère  TLF:  austère  OED:  austere a. and n.  MED:  austere a.  DMLBS:  austerus 165b

a.

1strict, austere
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Mes coment pout aparer par quel reisun Ensemblement deboneire e felun? Ke as bons deboneire appara, As mauveis auster resemblera  Lum Lais ANTS 13114
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Le quint (=chapter) recunte la manere De sa (=St. Francis’s) haute vye et mut austere  S Fran ANTS 18
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Tenez les mout estreit, kar justise par dreit deit estre auster  Ancren2 34.28
austere, harsh
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Les mauveis averunt grant hidur E de regarder le grant pour, Ke il lur apparra si hauster Ke n'oserunt oil en li ficher  Lum Lais ANTS 13109
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  aussi souef e deboneires […] ausi auster e corucez  Ancren2 56.30
2oenol.sour, bitter
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  vin blanc austeres et dur et auques stiptiques  A-N Med i 187
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