1
pathol.
(of a disease) to distress, afflict:
(
1160-74;
MS: s.xiiiin
)
quant li reis [...] A Roem vint, si acocha, E por le mal, qui l’engrega, Porter s’en fist a Saint Gervaise
ii 224.9098
1
to become harder, more burdensome:
(
1194-99;
MS: s.xiii2
) Mais mult engrejot lor ovraine
5826
2
to exacerbate, deteriorate, become worse:
( c.1240;
MS: c.1300 )
La parole eggrega estrangement
155.XXXV.173
♦
pathol.to grow worse, exacerbate:
(
MS: 1120-40
)
Trent e quatre anz ad si sun cors penet [...]: Mult li angreget la sue anfermetet
278
(
1160-74;
MS: s.xvii
)
Ernouf [...] poacre avoit es piez, guerreer ne pooit: Se auques chevauchoit moult li engregeroit
i 79.1901
(
c.1185
)
(he told him) se li mals lui engregast Arere a li tost returnast
2725
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.
engreger (1120-40)