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durement (1120-40)
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The form dorement is a cross reference to the following entry:

durement (1120-40)

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deurement,  dorement,  dourement;  duremente,  durementes  
  FEW:  durus 3,193a Gdf:  durement 2,784c GdfC:  durement 9,420a TL: dur (durement) 2,2102 DEAF:  dur (durement)  DMF:  durement  TLF:  durement  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

1hard, fiercely: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Gudmod fiert durement, volentiers les cunfunt  Horn 3443
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Sur eus ferirent durement  Trist thomas2 2301
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Quant li venz s’enpeint durement, Cum en forge le feu se esprent  Pet Phil 1519
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  (the dragon) durement le avoit de sa powe encloee  Fouke ANTS 48.5
2harshly: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Jeo me dut mult de grant maniere De deurement od vus parler, Kar tut onur vus dei porter  Salemon 10627
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  ço ke respunt li sire Si durementes cum par ire, Ço ne fut pas curucement  Mirur2 3813
♦severely: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Durement le blesça, pur poi n’est a sa fin  Horn 1526
( 1307 )  e se couroucea durement o ceux qu’il trova  King’s Bench iii 195
3 keenly, attentively: 
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  A la parole dunc entent, Mult i estude durement  Waldef BB 1672
4soundly: 
( 1322-23 ) donqe le mestre coucha envers et dormy durement issint qe le garson trencha durement son col  YBB Ed II xi xxx.n1
5dearly, at a high price: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  la mellee Ki fud as premerains dorement cumparee  Horn 1616
6greatly: 
( MS: 1120-40 )  Quant vit sun regne, durement s'en redutet De ses parenz  S Alexis1 198
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Lee en fu durement damaisele Lenbur  Horn 2702
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  el me ama durement  Ipom BFR 7838
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  durement se sunt esbaldis  Waldef BB 1007
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Derechef estoit il [...] dourement penez quant il [...] veioit ses cheres disciples ke [...] s’en fuirent  Ancren2 207.2
( 1302-05 )  por ce que la seison de gruage passe ore durement  Lett Ed I 12.6
( 1304-05 )  il s’en est a nous durement loez  Lett EPW1 40
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  j’ai durement mestier [...] de vostre misericorde  Sz Med1 12
♦copiously: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  il ad durement de ses plaies seignet  Horn 4786
♦very: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  durement grande grace [...] me ferrietz de si tost [...] garrir  Sz Med1 181
( MS: s.xiv2 )  braez voz herbes [...] durement bien  Rom 37 514

See also:

tresdurement 
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