estrif (c.1136-37)
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estrif (c.1136-37)

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[ FEW: 17,255b *strid; Gdf: 3,652b estrif; GdfC: ∅; TL: 3,1478 estrif; DEAF:  estrif; DMF:  estrif; TLF: ∅; OED:  strife n.; MED:  strif(e n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
estreif;  atrif  ii 6  

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1strife, conflict: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Issi durat par plusurs dis Entre ces dous guerre e estrifs  4246
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Entre cez dous (=humility and pride) ad grant estrif  1539
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  au roy ensevelir eurent tençons e estris  7962
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  ceux qe vendrount aprés vous le (=the land) tendrount ou (=with) grant estrif e guere  6.18
♦strife, inner torment: 
( 1150-70; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Molt est T. en grant anguisse De cest amur que faire poisse, En grant estrif e en esprove  238
♦tribulation: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Greignor estrif te sunt deu Que tu n’en as encore eu  678
2dispute, debate: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ainz qu’il fussent a un, i ot meint dur estrif E meint orguillus dit e meint sermon vif  2497
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  vus e nus e tut li vif Ki averunt oi icest estrif  1778
3emulation, rivalry: 
( 1174-75; MS: s.xiiex )  Tel cunseil ore en pernum senz estrif de atie  184
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  en iveresce cheyt humme [...] par estrif ki purra autre veindre  209vb
4effort, struggle: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1300 )  Ne vaut ren l’estrif Idunk del mellif Le desl (l. deit=finger) de un guant  1066
♦resistance, struggle: 
( c.1185 )  vus pri bonement Que vus hastez mon jugement; Ja n’avra endreit mei estrif, Kar peise mei que jo tant vif  6817
5obduracy: 
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  estrif, ceo est estre estut e contrarius e pervers  208vb
a (grant) estrif
1with difficulty: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Li pountz estoit estroitz, de pople i out plenté; A grant estrif i passent e nun a volenté  770
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  gent alerent en pelrimage A Jerusalem a grant estrif, U Deus esteit mort & vif  51.49
2as hard as one can, profoundly: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Tu fais semblant d’ume sultif, La terre (=your inheritance) gastes a estrif  324
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mut suspira a grant estrif  1137
3violently, brutally: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Qui donc vei[s]t vassal les bons chevals brocher E mener a estrif, poindre e anguiser  2013
sanz estrif
1beyond argument, indubitably: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  Jo fui morz e ore vif A tuz jurz mez tut saunz estrif  225
tenir estrif vers
1 mil. to fight, do battle with: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex ) Si vers lui tient estrif, si iert grant lecherie  4514
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