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desmesure (1113-19)
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desmesure (1113-19)

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desmessure,  dessmesure;  desmesour;  demesure;  dismesure  
  FEW:  mensurare 6/i,728a Gdf:  desmesure 2,611b GdfC: ∅ TL: desmesure 2,1649 DEAF:  meure (desmesure)  DMF:  démesure  TLF:  démesure  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1excess(iveness), outrageous conduct: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Unches en lui n'out desmesure; E a tuz vult faire dreiture  Brut WACE 3475
( c.1185 )  arrogance: Vus ne poez celer mie Ne covrir vostre desmesure  Proth ANTS 6773
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Mesure? Si ad. Car demesure Ne pot aver, u ad dreiture  S Modw 3247
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiiex )  Pur sa grant desmesure Descolé l’unt a dreiture  Dermot2 2465
2excessive, outrageous demand, request: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Dame, [...] aideiz mei [...] vers le rei, Que pur Deu meintenge dreiture, Ne li quer nule dismesure [...]  Sibile p.19
a desmesure
1excessively, too much: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Trop ert riches a desmesure  Josaphaz2 204
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  des maufez A desmesure ereit hastez  Dial Greg SATF 18200
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Si se esbai a demesure  Mir N-D 71.170
♦unrestrainedly: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Comence plorer a demesure  boz Seven Poems 71.344
2exceedingly, beyond compare: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Cesar [...] Sages fud a desmessure  Comput ANTS 1959
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Ysidres nus dit Ki le elefant descrit: Grant sunt a desmesure  Best ants 1533
3in great quantity: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Homes e femes a demesure La curent pur cel’ aventure  S Rich ANTS M701
de desmesure
excessive: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  [...] Qei par grant abstinence dure, Qei par travalz de desmesure [...]  S Greg 300
outre desmesure
outre
par desmesure
exceedingly: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Ja fud turné tut a ris. Par surfeit desmesure Li crierent trestuz sure  S Clem ANTS 1055
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