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autrui (c.1135)

The form autrie is a cross reference to the following entry:

autrui (c.1135)

altroi,  altrui;  atri,  attrui;  auteru,  autri,  autrie,  autru  (autriis)  
  FEW:  alter 24,355a Gdf:  altrui 1 1,241b GdfC:  altrui 8,93b TL: autrui 1,695 DEAF:  autre (autrui)  DMF:  autrui  TLF:  autrui  OED: MED: DMLBS:  alter 70b

pr.indef.

1another
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  par mei meimes le sai ne mi[e] par altrui  GUISCH 33
2of another
( c.1135; MS: 1267-68 )  sa moillier de li feroit, Se ele france feme estoit; Se ele ert altrui ancele [...] En sognantage la tendroit  S Marg wace 101 (A)
( 1140-1160; MS: 1140-1160 )  les altres biens que tu e li altre feeil Deu reinnablement mais lur durrunt a lur sustenance francs, et quites seient de tutes les altrui custumes  Ely Arch 270.4.60
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  De envie nessent joie de autri maus e dolur de autri biens  Mirour Egl 24.25
( 1275 )  ne courge en autri parks, ne pesche en autri vivers  Stats i 26
( 1283 )  queus chocis furint seuns e queus autriys  Rot Parl2 19
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  ki ne veut deplorer ses propres pecchez e autrui  Ancren2 240.15
( c.1356 )  laroun ne puet forfere autri bienz  ROUGH 22
3of the other
( 1389-90 )  le pleintif et defendant chescun d’eux fuit autrui dettour  YBB 13 Rich II 21
4property belonging to another, to others
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  trestut le vostre aveir Perdi autrui (=someone else) e plus assez Devant ceo ke vus unkes l’ussez. De autrui futes joius e lez E de autrui estes si adulez  Pet Plet ANTS 1063-64
en autrui tens
temporalin the time of another
( 1315 )  […] autre foiz eles porterent autel bref, pendaunt quel bref un dez parceners devya; jugement, si de wast fet en autri tens devoms respoundre  YBB Ed II xvii 118

pr. used as s.

1 the other person
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Sor les corsainz lor fist jurer Pais a tenir e a garder [...]. Qui altrui batreit entretant [...] Escumengié estre deveit  Rom de Rou wace ii 86.5367
2lawthe property of someone else
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Veiant ses homes li dona Tant dunt bien se pout puis garir, Senz l'altrui prendre ne tolir  Rom de Rou wace i 234.1970
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  en cas ou l’em pren l’autri  Mir Just 25
autrui nul
nul1

See also:

autre1 
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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