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desloer (1171-74)
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desloer (1171-74)

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deloer,  delouer,  delower  
  FEW:  laudare 5,207a Gdf:  desloer 1 2,606a GdfC: ∅ TL: deslöer 2,1637 DEAF:  löer 1 (deslöer)  DMF:  deslouer 1  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

1to advise against: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  al rei L. (a meeting at Tours) fu pur ço desloé Qu’il n’aveit el pais castel ne fermeté  Becket1 3823
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Il dist qu’il volt mener sa gent en champ. Si eust il fait [...] Ne fussent cis (=ses) hom qui lui unt desloé  Anc Test (B) 10924
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii1 )  L’evesque mult li desloa  Purg S Pat first anon 279
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  cil li desloerent, mes disoient qe plus voleient a cel temps enprendre la fuite  TREVET Cron1 100.14
2to criticize: 
( MS: 1272-82 )  En dame est malement sa beauté aloué Qui desert ki (l. ke) ele est de soun los delowé  Digby 86 stengel 87
( 1332; MS: s.xivex )  la reson qi est mult deloué de plusours est le mieutz  Charboclois 327

v.intrans.

to criticize: 
( s.xiv1 )  garde tei de gaungleors, qi deloent devaunt tei  Lib Cust 23

v.refl.

se desloer de
to be displeased with, reject: 
( 1323-25 )  par [qei] nous nous devoms desloer de voz conselz  St Sard 198
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