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egrement (s.xii3/4)
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egrement (s.xii3/4)

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agrement,  aigrement  
  FEW:  acer 1 24,95a Gdf:  aigrement 1,184c GdfC:  aigrement 8,54a TL: aigre (aigrement) 1,233 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  aigrement 1  TLF:  aigrement  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

1sharply: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  sa sure reprist egrement  boz Three Saints 46.28
2fiercely: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Durement combatre, egrement (var. (C: s.xiiim) e grefment) assaillir  Rom Chev ANTS 1998
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  (J.C.) Fu hué par tot egrement, Mokez e leidiz asprement  Ross ANTS 4147
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  L'en chace auxi ovesqez chiens domestes mes les papiouns chacent plus aigrement  Mandeville 123
♦harshly, violently: 
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  Forment e egrement le bati  ADGAR3 136.69
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  A grant dolur se defent, Tant l’asaillent egrement  Gui War 4014
3emotioneagerly: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Li primer (=detractor) si s’en vient avant tot egrement e dit mal de son prome tot apertement  Ancren2 192.30
( 1343-50 )  egrement touz nos gentz mistrent graund diligence de duner bataille a les Fraunceis  Cron Lond1 77.2

See also:

tresegrement 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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