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beslei (c.1136-37)
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The form bellai is a cross reference to the following entry:

beslei (c.1136-37)

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beslai;  bedlei;  belai;  bellai,  bellei;  bethlei  
  FEW:  lex 5,292b Gdf:  besloi 1,633b GdfC: ∅ TL: besloi 1,942 DEAF:  loi (besloi)  DMF:  besloi  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

wrong: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Ben vit, trop serreit grant beslei (= to love his niece) , Car il ert mut leaus en sei  Ipom BFR 2293
♦dispute, quarrel: 
( c.1185 )  unques […] Ne venistes a curt de rei K’il n’i sorsist alcun bellei  Proth ANTS 234
a beslei
wrong, false: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Kar il la gent entendre funt Choses ke mult sunt a bellai E encuntre la dreite fai  Mirur1 135rb31
♦wrongfully: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Meslé l’orent envers le rei A mult grant [tort] e a beslei  GAIMAR1 5562
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Traitié erent iluec povre clerc a beslei  Becket1 2663
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Ore est W. devant le roi, Ki mult le demeine a beslei  Waldef BB 10006
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xivin )  Consenter se daivent en sai (=married couple, to sexual intercourse) Que nule ne face a beslai  Corset ANTS 210
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  par sun precher [...] Retient il ses feaus en sa fei, Ke il n’osent eissir a beslei  Apoc giffard 1817
♦in wickedness, evilly: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  enfraint suvent la lei, E […} del tut vit a bedlei  Becket1 715
aler a beslei
to go to rack and ruin: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Le reaume irrad a besley  Pet Plet ANTS 1132
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1300 )  Tuz vunt a bellai Par cel achesun  Serm Royal 168
estre a beslei
to be in the wrong: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Ne vos di mie, ne jeo dire nel dei, Que li prelat seient tuit a bellei  Rom rom 422
mettre en beslei
to destroy: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  le fein del champ ki nest Hui flurisant e bel est E demein est mis en belai  Mirur1 148vb20
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  E prient [...] Ke il ne seoffrent ja lur ley Estre si mis en grant belley Ke Gyus en eyent la mestrie  Mir N-D 154.136
nestre en beslei
to be born out of wedlock: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiiin )  Tu (=Merlin) sanz pere nasquis en bethlei  Merlin Proph helias 29.73

See also:

belif 
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