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[degasteur] (s.xii1)
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[degasteur] (s.xii1)

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deguasteur  
  FEW:  vastare 14,204a Gdf:  degasteor 2,471a GdfC: ∅ TL: degastëor 2,1302 DEAF:  gaster (degasteor) G382 DMF:  dégâteur  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  devastator 642a

a.

destructive, causing destruction: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Les saiettes del poant agues, ot carbuns deguasteurs (Latin: cum carbonibus desolatoriis)  Oxf Ps ANTS 121.119.4

See also:

degast  degastable  degaster  gaster1  nundegastable 
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.
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