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confus (s.xii1)
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confus (s.xii1)

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cumfus,  counfus,  cunfus  
  FEW:  confusus 2/ii,1047a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  confus 9,155a TL: confus 1  DEAF:  confus  DMF:  confus  TLF:  confus  OED:  confused adj.  MED:  confus(ed ppl.  DMLBS:  confundere 437c

a.

1emotiontroubled, confused: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Por ceo sui mult pensif e murne Del mund ki vet e pus returne E sa e la e munt [e] jus: Mult en poet hoem estre cunfus  Pet Plet ANTS 178
♦emotionconfounded, ashamed, downcast: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) A tei crierent, e salf sunt fait; en tei espererent e ne sunt confus  Oxf Ps ANTS 53.21.5
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  veant toz le (=horse) galopa e le fist mat e confus  Rom Chev ANTS 529
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  tant mat e confus se tint Qe […]  S Greg 1717
2defeated, undone: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) il sunt confus, kar Deus les despist  Oxf Ps ANTS 73.52.7
( c.1185 )  S’il n’ad sucurs, tuz est cunfus  Proth ANTS 786
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  les Escocés se sentrount estre confus et ad resistre les deux rois nient de poer  Anon Chr1 5.14.>

See also:

confondre 
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