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fructueux (1356-57)
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fructueux (1356-57)

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fructuous, 
f. fructueuse,  fructuouse  
  FEW:  fructus 3,826a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  fructueux 9,669c TL: fructüos 3,2315 DEAF:  fruit (fructüos)  DMF:  fructueux  TLF:  fructueux  OED:  fructuous adj.  / fructuose adj.  MED:  fructuous adj.  DMLBS:  fructuosus 1016a

a.

fruitful, bearing fruit: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Du bonne plante et de bonne ente Naist puis bon arbre et fructuous  GOWER Mirour 20799
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  O belle Olive fructuouse, Palme et Cipresse preciouse  GOWER Mirour 29923
♦agricultural(of land) fruitful, fertile: 
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  Bien doit estre delitable et fructuouse la terre qe fust aroscié et mollié du precious sanc Jhesu Crist  Mandeville 91
♦fig.fruitful, profitable: 
( 1365 )  Et nostre present mandement mettez, et facez mettre, si cher come vous avez nostre amour, a si notable et fructueuse execution, que nous aions bone cause de nous en loer de vous  Foedera1 iii 779
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  les fructueuses obseques et services q'il nous ad fait  Lett & Pet 238.15-16
fructueux a
fig.helpful, advantageous to: 
( 1394-95; MS: s.xv1 )  ascune personne acceptable a Dieu [...] et fructueuse au dit monasterie  Lett & Pet 168.113.8

See also:

frut 
This is an AND2 Phase 2 (F-H) entry. © 2006-2008 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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