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gust (s.xiii2/4)

gust (s.xiii2/4)

goust,  gouste;  guste  
  FEW:  gustus 4,342a Gdf: GdfC:  goust 9,711b TL: gost 4,459 DEAF:  gost G1034 DMF:  goût  TLF:  goût  OED:  gust n.2  MED:  gust(e n.  DMLBS:  gustus 1117a

s.

anat.sense of taste
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  quantke vent a son quor de wuhe, u de oie, u de tast, u de gust, u de aukun autre sen corporel  Mirour Egl 82.20
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  parole e gust soen (var. (BN: s.xivin) sunt) amedeus en la bouche ausi com le veue est en le oil  Ancren2 178.24
culin.taste, flavour
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  L’em taste fruit si il seit meur, ne mye soulement par goust de savour, mes par tast, si il seit pliant desouz la meyn  BOZ Cont 116
a gust
according to one’s taste
( MS: s.xv )  Ky vodra cest oygnement aguster (l. aguscer) a gouste, sy mette aunbre e castor  Five Med MSS 143.E286

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See also:

gustement  guster  gustus  purgustement  purguster 
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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