enasprir (s.xii1)
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enasprir (s.xii1)

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[ FEW: 25,472a asper; Gdf: 3,84b enasprir; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,171 enasprir; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  enasprir; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
enasprer;  enaprir  

v.a.

1to make harder: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Le chald soleil e le lung jur Enaprist forment lur labur  3522
2to goad, egg on: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  le asne dayt travayler. Enaspre[r] le deyt em par bature  2165
( 1323-25 )  jeo [...] les (=shipyard workers) ay ledengez et enaspriz [...] en tiele manere qe totes les nefs [...] serront prestes  58

v.n.

1to be vexatious, rebellious: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  [...] chi enasprissent ne seient exalcet en sei medesme  79.65.6

p.pr._as_a.

1vexatious, rebellious: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  generaciun felunesse e enasprissante  105.LXXVII.10

p.p._as_a.

1sore, rough, irritated: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Je travaille crianz, enaspriz (Latin: exasperatum) est mis guitruns  117.LXVIII.4
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