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costus1 (s.xii3/4)
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costus1 (s.xii3/4)

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costous;  coustos,  coustous;  custous,  custus  
  FEW:  constare 2/ii,1080b Gdf:  costos 2,326a GdfC:  coustos 9,231a TL: costos 2,942 DEAF:  coster (costos)  DMF:  coûteux  TLF:  coûteux  OED:  costious adj.  MED:  costious adj.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1costly, expensive: 
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  (J.C.) porte l’escu d’argent […]; En chef, la coroune de verges espynouses, […], a quatre signes coustouses  Lyric 186.23
( MS: 1419 )  se pescent de delicious viaundes et custouses  Lib Alb 282
2troublesome, irksome: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  si com selt estre coustous Proesdom toz jors a l’envious  Dial Greg SATF 4797
♦laborious, arduous: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Asez seivent cum ceo est custus De bel latin bien translater E la beauté partut guarder  S Clem ANTS 88
♦painful: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  l’eire lur est custus, E le chaud est mult grant, le chemin laborus  Rom Chev ANTS 4843
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