despeir (c.1275)
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despeir (c.1275)

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  FEW:  desperare 3,55a Gdf:  despoir 2,633b GdfC: ∅ TL: despoir 2,1708 DEAF:  esperer (despoir)  DMF:  despoir  TLF: ∅ OED:  despair n.  MED:  despeir n.  DMLBS:  desperatio 631c
despair;  despoir,  despoire  

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1emotiondespair: 
( 1323-25 )  la grant despoir q’ils eusrent  153
♦emotiontheol.(sin of) despair, hopelessness, despondency: 
( MS: 1272-82 ) Par accidie pecche houme de quer: quant il est trop dolent pur damaje de teriene chose ou perte, par despair, par ennui de sa vie e[t] grou[c]e countre Deu  1v
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  le peché de despoir  4.13
en despeir
1emotionin despair: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Taunt cum receut ceu turment Les myres […] En despeyr ly guerpyrent  6584
en despeir de
1despaired of: 
( 1321 )  cely [...] naufra un T. issi q’il fut en despair de sa vie  Ed II xxvi 162
( 1402 )  le dit suppliant feust en despoire de sa vie  iii 489
desespeir 
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