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hasyesyn (1194-99)

hasyesyn (1194-99)

hanseis, 
pl. harsasis,  hausasis,  hauzassis  
  FEW:  hasis 19,69a Gdf:  assassin 1,423c GdfC:  assassin 8,209b TL: assassis 1,569 DEAF:  assassis  DMF:  assassin  / assassis  TLF:  assassin  OED:  assassin n.  MED: DMLBS:  assassinus 139a
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1IslamAssassin, member of the Nazari sect of the Ismaili branch of Islam and follower of the 'Old Man of the Mountain' (represented as a hired murderer intoxicated by hashish)
( 1194-99; MS: s.xiii2 ) demanderent al rei de France Qu'il pot aveir grant dotance E se guardast des Harsasis, Car li Co[n]raz en iert ocis  ambroise 8873
( 1219-21; MS: s.xivin )  prés de Antioche ad une manere de gent sarazine ki sunt apellez Hasyesyns (var. Hauzassis), e lour seignur est apelé li Veus de la Montaigne. Iceo gent vivent sanz ley  Terre Sarazins Sum 84
2 assassin, murderer
( 1219-26; MS: s.xiii2/4 ) Quant en son cheval volt monter, Anceis qu'es archuns fust asis, Uns traitres, un hanseis Le feri d'un glaive desriere Parmi le cors, en tel manere Que tantost murir l'en estut  Marshal 1648

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hasyesyn