We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. By clicking 'continue' or by continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings in your browser at any time.

Continue
Find out more
boçu (1163-70)
Cite this entry

Browse the Dictionary

    Loading...

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

boçu (1163-70)

Cite this entry
bosçu,  bossu,  bosu,  boszu,  bozé,  bozu;  boceous,  bocchus;  bosus,  bozeus,  bozeuz,  bozues,  bozus   (bozzon  BOZ S Marg 266)  
  FEW:  *bottia 1,467b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  boçu 8,334a TL: boçu 1,1022 DEAF:  boce 1 (boçu)  DMF:  bossu  TLF:  bossu  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

1med.pathol.suffering from kyphosis, excessive convex curvature of the spine, humped back: 
( MS: s.xii2 ) gybbus vel struma: hofer, bozé  Aelfric Gloss 56.212
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  de veillesce asorbi e bosçu  Rom rom 111
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii1 )  (J.C. will marry) Nees la clope e la boçue  Female Religious 17
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Kar li peccheur i unt pardun E li malade garaisun: Boçu e tor (l. tort) e pulentic  S Edw paris ANTS 4427
( MS: s.xiii2 )  gibbosi: bosus  TLL i 231
( MS: s.xiii2 )  strumosus: (D) gallice bozus  TLL ii 27
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  [...] chescun homme qe fust clop o boceous ou teignous  BOZ Cont 86
♦deformed, distorted: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  nule rien ne fet la conscience torte e bozuse fors pecché  Ancren2 163.31
2swollen: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Unes glandres laides bozues Li sunt sur la face creues  S Edw barking 3095
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Quant son chief virent tant esquas, Blief e bosçu, sanglant, enflé  Dial Greg SATF 1035

s.

1med.pathol.one suffering from kyphosis, excessive convex curvature of the spine, humped back: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Le dos out curb cum un bosçu  Josaphaz2 627
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  mestre, me diez Si les cors de ces ke serunt dampnez Releverunt tut teus cum esteient En siecle od vice k’il aveient, Cum monacle e bozeuz  Lum Lais ANTS 11825
2anat.one with an enlarged and bulbous nose: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Sy jo ay graunt nees, ço est un bocchus  Touz Plere 46.4
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1196 )  Simon le Boçu  Family Names Bossey
( 1275 )  Robert le Bossu  Family Names Bossey

See also:

boce  bocete  bocium  boçulé 
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.
bozus