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esvogle1 (1190-93)

[gdw]

  FEW:  ab oculis *24,35a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  avugle (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
esvegle,  esvoegle,  esvugle;  evesgle,  eveugle,  evogle,  evugle  

In some cases the word can also be read as esvoglé and interpreted as the past participle form of esvogler.

a.

1 pathol. blind, visually impaired (as a condition or through disease or injury)
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1300 ) Jur de ma vie n'oy jeo veu, Car jeo estoie esvegle né  159.594
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 ) Ne lenz ne seyt enfant né Par le diable encumbré, Clop, ne sourd, ne muet, Ne evugle, ne bozzon, ne deget  40.266
( s.xivm ) [...] qui est esvoegle, qui rien ne veit  36
( MS: s.xvin ) les Sarazins furent ensi poignez =stung by bees et sufflez en face et en oil q'en poi de hure ils devindrent esvoegles et perdirent tost contenaunce  195 (S)
( 1414 )  q’il soit distributz a lez plus feables gentz evesgles ou couchantz en lour luytes  ii 7

s.

1 pathol. blind, visually impaired person
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 ) En cel liu meint miracle fist [...] Cume d’evogles alumer E a muz rendre le parler  2867
( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) quant esvogle esvogle meine, Andeus cheient  10353
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) Graunt compaygnye assembla Des evogles  797
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  un eveugle et un cloup vindrent a li  135.7
avogle#1  envogle#1  esvogler  vogle#1 
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