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direct (1292)
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The form direit is a cross reference to the following entry:

direct (1292)

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directe;  direk,  direkt;  dirrect  
  FEW:  directus 3,90a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  direct 9,385b TL: direct 2,1941 DEAF:  direct  DMF:  direct  TLF:  direct  OED:  direct adj., adv.  MED:  direct adj.  / direct adv.  DMLBS:  direct 672c

a.

direct: 
( 1292 )  yl aveyt sa veye directe a sa charette de sa mesone  YBB 20-21 Ed I 121
( 1311 )  celuy q’est directe partie a nous ad affermé jurisdiccioun  YBB Ed II x 258
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  il prist la voie directe a les Cristiens  Anon Chr1 52.21

adv.

1directly: 
( 1293 )  e issi est directe le un contrariaunt a l’autre  YBB 20-21 Ed I 463
( 1339 )  s’il vouchast dirrect son assignour  YBB 13-14 Ed III 25
2strictly: 
( 1311 )  mesqe nostre avowery se face sur un tel fet, qe n’est pas directe en forme de comune cours d’avowery  YBB Ed II x 190
line directe
lawlineal descent, descending from father to son: 
( 1293 )  jugement qe cel omissiun, de ceo resort n’et fet par la lyne directe mes collaterale  YBB 21-22 Ed I 30.

See also:

directer 
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