♦
also_fig.to shake (the dust from):
(
1155;
MS: s.xiii4/4
)
Mult veissiez [...] Errer vaslez e chamberlens, Mantels pendre, mantels plaier, Mantels escurre e atachier
Brut WACE 10356
(
s.xiii1;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Veraiement il fait greinur honur e sens ki
escut la pudre de vains pensers e eslieve suillures de pecchiez [...]
Joshua Sermons i 20
(
MS: 1419
)
[...] qe nul face
escower lour furrures par jour en hautes rewes
Lib Alb 719
♦
to shake, batter, buffet:
♦
to shake out:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
Deus,
excou (Latin: excute) les denz d’eals de lur buche
Camb Ps 136.LVII.6
♦
fig.to shake off:
(
1267;
MS: c.1300
)
(Those who pretend to be attentive in church) quant departent del sermun,
Escure le (=the sermon) purunt de lur gerun
Lum Lais ANTS 3424
(
s.xivin;
MS: s.xivm
)
Vous
escowez les wibetez e transglutez le camaile
BOZ Cont 34
♦
to rid, make free:
(
MS: s.xiii2
)
Vos dras aiez uniement, desuz une guarde u desuz dous [...] ki puissent suffire a
escure les de vermine
Augustine 186
2to swing, whirl round:
(
1190-1210;
MS: c.1300
)
Le braz
escust, le dart lança
Waldef BB 480
(
s.xiii1/4;
MS: s.xiiim
)
En sun poig destre portad un trenchant dart; Treis feiz l’
escust, a la quarte le lançad
Ch Guill 776
(
s.xiii1/3;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Un dart en sa main porta, Le braz
escurst (l. escust), sil lança
Gui War 3538
♦
to protect, save:
(
1160-74;
MS: s.xvii
)
Pur malvaise gent cil nus tienent, Ki pur le nostre el nostre vienent; De la preie acoillir se peinent, Se il, noz oilz veant, l’en meinent, Ke nus ne escuums noz aveirs Grant reprovier iert a nos eirs. Fierement les envaissiez, Sis avrez tost estolteiez
Rom de Rou wace i 259.2655
(
c.1184;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Bien le quiderent aver escus, Si corurent fermer les us, Eus desturber
S Thom beneit1 1699
(
s.xiii1/4;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Se vus fuissez W. [...] Ja fust
escuse sainte crestientez
Ch Guill 2269
(
1214;
MS: 1214-16
)
Mais tant fist qe dés icel jour De la mortalité ainz dite
Escous erent par sa merite
S Greg 1126
1to shake oneself:
(
1190-1210;
MS: c.1300
)
Un blanc urs [...] Qui par cele mer va noiant, A la terre vint, si
s'escust
Waldef BB 12095
(
1214;
MS: 1214-16
)
(the horse) se prist tant a
escoure [...] Qe negun frein nel pot tenir
S Greg 2481
(
MS: s.xiiiex
)
le oisel se espelice tut le jur e
escut (var. (D: 1272-82) escout) se sus sa perche
Glan lex 92C
2
to protect, save onself:
one who is excluded, shaken off:
(
s.xii1;
MS: c.1145
) Sicume saitettes en la main de poant, eissifaiterement li fil del escus
(Latin: ita filii excussorum)
Oxf Ps ANTS 122.126.5
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