1alongside, near by, adjoining:
(
1121-25;
MS: s.xiv1
)
Mult se fient en lur hoste Pur la nue qu’unt encoste
(ed. en coste)
S Brend mup 1660
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Icil li vet encoste ki i fud enveez
Horn 3638
(
1150-70;
MS: 1225-1300
)
L’ anel Tristran de sun dei oste, Juste l’altre le met encoste
Trist thomas2 2687
(
1292
)
L’assise dyst […] ke sa femme ne fut pas menant
(=living, dwelling) leynz, mes en un autre meson en
coste
YBB 20-21 Ed I 83
2besides, in addition:
(
c.1240;
MS: c.1300
)
Unkore fist il plus ke curteis, E[n]coste li enveit de ces besanz
Mir N-D 208.85
♦
indirect(ly), tangential(ly):
(
1267;
MS: c.1300
)
Mestre, grever ne vus deit Ceo ke demandai orendreit; Tot fust la demande
encoste, Tute veie une dutance en oste
Lum Lais ANTS 7217
(
c.1285;
MS: c.1312
)
le setyme eydra au dyme e au gast qe va en
coste
HENLEY2 334
(
1318
)
[…] a quei vous ne respoundez nient mes pledez autre droit en
coste a quei nous ne sumes partie
YBB Ed II xxii 294
beside, at the side of:
(
c.1240;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Por festre encoste
(ed. en coste) le oil [...]
A-N Med i 56
(
1376
)
les officers q’ont esté acustumez d’estre en couste
(l. encouste) le roy
Rot Parl1 ii 321
♦
along the side of:
(
1212;
MS: 1212-13
)
tant estroit ert li chemin Encoste la montaigne enclin
Dial Greg SATF 4580
♦
close to, adjacent to:
(
s.xii3/4;
MS: s.xiv2
)
Ore est bone cité e riche de viande, E est assise en Inde encoste Braimande
Rom Chev ANTS 4188
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