herdu (1121-35)
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herdu (1121-35)

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  FEW:  hart 16,174b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: herdu 4,1077 DEAF:  herdu 2 H395 DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

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1prickly, bristling: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  E come le noel de noiz Ki a manger est bon e doiz, U de la chastaine herdue Ki d'une schale est sorvestue  185
♦rough, bristly: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xiii1 )  (the lion) at le vis herdu  (ms. heduz) (l. hiduz)?, gros le col e kernu  31 (O)
♦fig.harsh, bitter: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Iver, ki d'orez est herduz, Est cil grant juise entenduz  6033
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