1of an animal:
(
c.1235;
MS: c.1235
)
Cum liun ki desire char de cors bestial
1603
♦
brutish:
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
(Bucifal) Mult fut bels [...], Mes d’une cruauté fut il mult bestial
464
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
Car asez bestials eraient Quant Benoit a beste quidoient
3975
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
vie bestial e desordenee
ii 4
2animal-like (i.e. devoid of reason):
(
1356-57;
MS: s.xivex
)
[...] ils portent des pommes savages ovesqez eux, qar s’ils avoient perdu l’odour, ils morient tantost. Ils ne sont mie mult resonables mes mult simples et touz bestieux
461
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bestial (s.xii3/4)