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giste2 (s.xii1/3)

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giste2 (s.xii1/3)

gist  
  FEW:  jactare 5,13b Gdf: GdfC: TL: giste 2 4,341 DEAF:  jeter (giste) G323 DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

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1pathol.med.burning fever (?)
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ky chastement la (=amethyst) porterat [...] Ne ja giste (Latin: calidum malum) ne li prendrat, Ne ja[més] fevre nen avrat  Lapid 275.272
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  Icele urine qi est aukes rouges e ardant par semblant e tenue signefie une fevre que ad a noun causon, ce est une fevre continuele que homme appelle 'gist' e de cel poez apersever qar il unt le bouche chaude  A-N Med ii 260
2pathol.med.diarrhoea, flux
( MS: 1272-82 )  Si voustre oysel ad la beistie, ceo est presque la pere, si l’apelent giste  Glan lex 131D

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geter 
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