escruis (c.1135)
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escruis (c.1135)

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[ FEW: 16,425a *krussjan; Gdf: 3,444b escrois 2; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1013 escrois; DEAF:  croissir (escrois) ; DMF:  escrois; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅ ]
escrois,  escroiz  

s.

1soundloud noise, crash, din: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Tel escruis fist al chaement Cum chaenes ki chiet par vent  11551
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Dedenz lu covert de l’iglise Fut un escrois  12260
♦ sound thunder-clap, rumbling of thunder: 
( c.1135; MS: 1267-68 )  Tot cil qui le tonoire oirent A terre de paor chairent. Devers le ciel vint uns escrois, Une colombe a une vois  51.667 (A)
escruis de denz
1gnashing of teeth: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  [...] d’enfer les tormenz U plors ert e escroiz de denz  5014
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