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laçun (s.xii3/4)

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laçun (s.xii3/4)

laçon,  laçoun,  lasçon,  lason,  lasçun  (larçon  Ancren1 49.11)  
  FEW:  laqueus 5,181a Gdf:  laçon 4,691b GdfC: TL: laçon 5,40 DEAF: DMF:  laçon  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

1cord, rope
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  A Loundres le menoyt en ferges et laçouns, Ou jugez estoit sur cels condiciouns  LANGTOFT thiol2 419.2347
2also_fig.snare, noose
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  N'ad si sage al monde, se le tient en son (=Love's) laçon, Quel talent qu'il eit, nel face etre bricon  Rom Chev ANTS 7614
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiex )  Sovent, quante i ala, Coment preist il cel oisel [...]. Cointement asist laçuns latuns E as branches e as ramuns  Donn Am ants 949
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Mais pecché e maliçun Si grant fes a, si grant lasçun, Ke ne pout prendre foisum K'il n'alast a perdiciun  S Edw paris ANTS 4506
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  icels (= the humble) sulement eschapent hors dé laçons au deble  Ancren2 4.5
3knot, fastening
( MS: s.xiii4/4 )  nexus: laçuns  TLL ii 11.65

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See also:

lace1  lacement  lacer1  laçure 
This is an AND2 Phase 3 (I/Y-M) entry. © 2008-2012 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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