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dart1 (s.xii1)
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dart1 (s.xii1)

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dard,  darte;  dert, 
pl. dars,  darz  
  FEW:  daroÞ 3,16b / *daroth 15/ii,55b Gdf:  darde 2,422c GdfC:  dart 9,274c TL: dart 2,1196 DEAF:  dart  DMF:  dard 1  TLF:  dard 1  OED:  dart n.  MED:  dart n.  DMLBS:  dartus 560c

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1weaponsmil.dart, a pointed missile (including javelin, throwing spear, arrow, etc.) thrown by the hand or shot from a cross-bow: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Gieres saieterat eals Deus; od dart sudein serunt enbatues enz lur plaies (Latin: jaculo repentino inserentur plagae eorum)  Camb Ps 108.LXIII.7
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Asez out saetes e darz  Ipom BFR 2705
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiiex )  Gavelocs lancerent e dars  Dermot2 3195
( MS: s.xiii ) jaculum gallice: (C) dart  TLL ii 29
( MS: s.xiii2 )  spicula: .i. dars  TLL ii 24
( MS: s.xiiiex ) tela: (C) darz (var. (s.xiii/xiv: ) dars )  TLL ii 129.21
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  des quarels e autres dartz launcerent  Fouke ANTS 35.29
( MS: s.xiv )  pila: dars  TLL ii 59
( MS: s.xiv )  locusta: quasi longa hasta: dart  TLL ii 109
( MS: s.xivm )  armee od espiritueles dartes  S Jer 1va
♦fig.the dart of love: 
( c.1185 )  La dameisele l’esgarda, Amur un dart li enveia, Qui forment l’anguisse e sumunt Que s’amur a Melander dunt  Proth ANTS 8834
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex ) Trestuz li bons sunt nafré de sun dard de amur Ke vent di l’arblaste dunt Deus est trehur  Chant Chanz 945
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1221 )  Walter Dert  Family Names Dart
( s.xiii )  Hugh Dart  Family Names Dart
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