1narrow, constricted:
(
s.xivin;
MS: 1312-40
)
le passage fust mout escars, enclos de boys e marreis
35.7
2mean, stingy, ungenerous:
(
1160-74;
MS: s.xiiiin
)
Onques ne fu vers lui eschars, Ker bien .vj. mile e .vj. cenz mars E seisante e sis li livra
ii 245.9675
(
c.1185;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Cum ert plus richez e mananz, E plus ert eschars e tenanz
8414
(
s.xiv1
)
il ne doit pas eschure cele vice
(=extravagance) en tieu maniere q’il en soit trop avers ne trop eschars
18
3scarce, in short supply:
(
1402
)
defaut de monoie du maille [...] qe [...] est ore si escarse
iii 498
4delicate, scrupulous:
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xiv1
)
k’il preigne de totez pars Et de sa concience ne seit escharz
(var. (B: c.1330) escars)
102
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