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asoter (1148-64 (?))
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The form ensoté is a cross reference to the following entry:

asoter (1148-64 (?))

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asotir,  asotter;  assoter,  ensoter  
  FEW:  *sott- 12,510a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  asoter 8,205b / asotir 8,205c TL: assoter 1,606 / assotir 1,607 DEAF:  sot (assoter)  DMF:  assoter  / assotir  TLF:  assoter  / assotir  OED:  assot v.  MED:  as(s)oten v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to besot, delude: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  la nuvele […] Par ki unt perdu Auban lor bon ami E lur parent a lui atrait e asoti  S Aub 1491
♦to fool, deceive: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  li deable [...] Partant le asote e aseure E tient si en sa baillie Que [...]  S Clem ANTS 3992
( s.xiiim?; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Kar icés choses en asotent soventefeiz le mire  A-N Med ii 22

v.intrans.

to be stupid: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Ja tost verrez cum il asote, Kar tut revenderat a sa riote  S Clem ANTS 3729
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xivin )  Orgoil le fit asoter  Set Pechez 88

v.refl.

to become silly: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  li morz […] quant au monde de rechief se asotent ou foleient  Ancren2 171.22
♦to look foolish: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  E li Gius reprendre nel pot, Mais sei meime tiut (l. tuit) asot  Mirur1 157rb8

p.pr. as a.

foolish, silly: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Ja nes garrat lur deus […] Plus d’un tundu mutun ky est tut asotanz  Horn (O) 69

p.p. as a.

1foolish, stupid: 
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  Car quels oem d’iço (=doctrine of transubstantiation) vos crereit Sanz ço q’il ne fust enchanté Ou del tot fol e asotté?  S Greg 2222
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Malveise gent, sote & fole […] Mult estes ore tuz asoté, Plein de folie & de malveisté  Mir N-D 179.136
♦bewildered, bemused: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xivin )  Les chiens esteient tut asoté E sus e jus unt regardé  S Osith 623
2fig.besotted, overly fond: 
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Soit jacobin soit cordeler, Qu'est ensoté par envie  Mar Diable 109
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  del tut abaundonez As delitz de la char e asotez  Apoc giffard 1515
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  L’autre prodhomme fust assotee de soun hanap, e plus en beust qe feare ne deust  BOZ Cont 50
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  son amy Franche Volenté q’est d’elle si assotez q’il ne fait riens forsqe tout ceo q’elle comande  Sz Med1 58
3mad: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  En n’est il verraiment assoté e hors de soen sen ke en miliu de ses enemis se couche a dormir  Ancren2 36.3
dan asoté
fig.derogatory term indicating the speaker’s low opinion of the intelligence of the addressee: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Ki estes vus, dan asoté Ki tel respuns m’avez duné?  Ipom BFR 8966

p.p. as s.

fool, idiot: 
( 1148-64? ) Anseis le Duc engendrad Pepin, Pepin Charle le Asotid, Charle li Asotiz Charle Martel, un hume malfeisant, luxurius, destruur de Sainte Eglise  Genealogy France 366
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Sovent serroy al doy moustrez: ‘Veez ci ly malveis assotez (var. (D: s.xivm) soté) !’  Ipom BFR 1208
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Oez de cel veil asoté!  Ipom BFR 2047

See also:

assotiver  sot1 
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