1delicious, sweet-tasting or -smelling:
(
1121-25;
MS: s.xiv1
) [...] D'arbres, de flurs delicius, De fruit [...]
1737
(
MS: s.xiii2
)
delicatum: (C) delycious
(var. (D: xiii/xiv) leyé)
ii 70
(
1354;
MS: c.1360
)
Ceo boire coveneroit estre delicious a boire
132
(
MS: 1419
)
et se pescent de delicious viaundes et custouses
282
♦
delightful, pleasant:
(
1354;
MS: c.1360
)
nous meigne a la delicious vie et a la parfite joie de Paradis
147
2delicate, refined, well-bred:
(
s.xiiim;
MS: c.1300
)
Nobles homme e delicious, Mes avers fu e orgoillous
891
3fastidious, fond of good things, self-indulgent:
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Auntecrist e ses desciples lige Ki en cest siecle meinent deliciuse vie
3119
♦
indulgent, lax:
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: 1307-15
)
si sunt delicius par dehors [...] ou eles deussent estre durs e soffranz
226.25
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xivm
)
as amys sont contrarious et as enemys corteys e delicious
54
4(in error?) weak, feeble:
(
MS: s.xiiex
)
As freres malades u delicius
(Latin: Fratribus infirmis aut delicatis) tel oefre u art seit enjuint, k’il ne seent usdifs ne par la violence de travail si grevez k’il seent eschacé
i 28
1lecher:
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: s.xiv2
)
[...] Li delicius de cest mund Ki sunt del tut abaundonez As delitz de la char
1513
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