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forçur (s.xii3/4)

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forçur (s.xii3/4)

forcior;  forçor;  forzor  
[ FEW: 3,732a fortior; Gdf: 4,73b forçor 2; GdfC: ; TL: 3,2155 fort (forçor); DEAF:  force 1 (forçor); DMF:  forceur; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]

a.comp.

1stronger, more powerful
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  De tant cum as plus or e argent e es forçur (var. (C: s.xiiim) efforcur), Tant est gregnur ly gayn aprés nostre labur  1490
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Cum plus avront aveir, tant en serunt forcior, Car s’il ont nostre aveir e donc avereient cremor  P 172
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Toi conustrai a seignor, Lui a paraille e a forzor  44
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  dan W. la (=war) prist vers lui forçur  4
2reinforced
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Al porter sunt venuz, prient lui par dulçor K'il les lest entrer sus al palais maior, Si ert par lur deduit li servise forçor  (O) 5178

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fort1 
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