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aïr (1121-25)

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aïr (1121-25)

aer;  ahir,  aïre;  haïr  
[ FEW: 24,143a *adirare; Gdf: 1,193c air 1; GdfC: ; TL: 4,829 äir; DEAF: H45 haïr; DMF:  aïr; TLF: ; OED:  air n.2; MED:  air n.2; DMLBS: ]

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1fierceness
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ly autre ypotamy […] henissent entr’els e siblent cum serpenz Pur anguisser lur aïre e lur hardemenz  4949
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Li cuens d’A. est mult de grant aïr  1026
2violence, impetuosity
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Pur sul l’aïr e le sun vent Pur poi la nef achant ne prent  1013
( 1303 )  ceux qe […] front aers, mal, damage ne grevaunce  167
a, de, par aïr, grant aïr
1fiercely
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Par grant aïr lur mains lacerent  1122
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  De aïr l’ad feru  1704
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  (Moses) prent sa verge, si vait desqu’a la mer, Il fert la verge en l’ewe a grant aïr (:tenir)  (B) 2184
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Oscient e detrenchent par grant aïr  5505
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  le referri de si grant heir ke il abati e ly e le chival  184
2fig.suddenly, with great speed
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  jeo veeie un ray De grant clarté […] sailir Amunt al ciel par grant aïr  1254
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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