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grossur1 (s.xii1/3)

The form gressoure is a cross reference to the following entry:

grossur1 (s.xii1/3)

groissur;  grosour;  grossor;  grossure;  grosur;  gruçur  (gressoure  Nov Narr 339)  
  FEW:  grossus 4,275a Gdf:  grosseur 4,368b GdfC:  grosseur 9,730b TL: grossor 4,712 DEAF:  gros (grossor) G1487 DMF:  grosseur  TLF:  grosseur  OED: MED: DMLBS:  grossus 2 1109b

s.

(great) size, dimension
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiiex )  La groissur dimi unce avra (var. (D: 1276-77) La grendour d’une onche avra), ja nuls graniur ne la verra  Lapid 64.869
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  La grossur  (ms. grossure) (var. (L: s.xiiex) groisse) que la pere avra Del grant d’une feve serra  Lapid 206.81
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  E le cors de ceo (=exercise before meals) force e grossur Purchace e prent a chief de tur  Secr abernun 1896
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Grapes puet om connoistre en .iij. manieres: par savour, par color, par sutilitez de substance ou grossor  Waterford busby 296.120.2
( 1340 )  il avera les braunches et les croppes, tant q’al grossure del arbre  YBB 14-15 Ed III 107
greatness
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Derechief verité ne lessa mie Pur grosur divine ke fut en vie  S Rich ANTS 642
grossur de coer
heaviness of heart, resentment
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  (Covetousness) fet home emfler par grossur de quer vers son preosme  BOZ Cont 109
( c.1335; MS: s.xivm )  la grossure del coer le roi surmonta durement de vengeance faire  Anon Chr2 102
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  departirent les chevetayns del hoste pur grosour de coer et envye  Anon Chr1 64.24

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See also:

gros1 
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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