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lassesce1 (c.1185)
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lassesce1 (c.1185)

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lascesce,  lassesse,  lasesce  (lachesce)  
  FEW:  lassus 5,195b Gdf:  lassesse 4,733b GdfC: ∅ TL: lassece 5,220 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  lassesse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.

tiredness, exhaustion: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Et ly serfs par esteit si las [...] Que de sa lachesce (var. (D: s.xivm) lasesce) s'arreste  Ipom BFR 624
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Jonas est tret avant [...] Des funz (=of the ship), de lascesce se dort  Anc Test (E) 17395
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  (after three days of constant praying and fasting) semblant ne fist de lassesce Ne de corporale destresce  Dial Greg SATF 9679
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  Seaunt adecertes un jovencel [...] sur une fenestre ou il fust donee a grant dormir por lassesse (var. lassesce)  Actes (A) 371c

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See also:

las1  lasser1  lasseté  lassur 
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