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losenger1 (1121-35)

losenger1 (1121-35)

losanger,  losengere,  losengier,  lossenger,  losunger  (losener (l. losen[g]er)  Lament Montfort 32)  
  FEW:  *lausinga 16,452a Gdf:  losengier 1 5,36b GdfC: TL: losengier 5,676 DEAF: DMF:  losengier  TLF: OED:  losenger n.  MED:  losenger n.  DMLBS:

a.

flattering, sycophantic
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ne me truverez vers vus fausse ne losengiere  Horn 1128
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Por tant les vertuz vos dirai En ordre com les commençai Q'oem ne moi tienge a mençongier Ne faus ne veins ne losengier  Dial Greg SATF 7620
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  E sire Richard Siward, cist traitre losenger  LANGTOFT thiol2 310.957

s.

flatterer, sycophant
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Sacez de tel mester Servent li losenger: Ki ben dit dedevant Derere vait mentant  Best ants 2744
( c.1192; MS: c.1275 )  Ne trovum [...] Ne larun ne boiseur; Illuec covient losengier taire  Pr Jean3 131.Y533
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Ore m'en velt ocire a dolur Pur le dit [...] D'un envius, d'un losenger  Gui War 3346
( MS: s.xiiiex )  blandior: losunger  TLL i 155
liar, deceiver
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Si a dit, cum losengers ki sun errur defent [...]  S Aub 1568
( 1345 )  losengers et mentours, qi sont alafoiz chastiez cy pur lour mal port, passent sovent en Engleterre  King’s Council Ireland 321

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See also:

losenge1  losengeance  losengeous  losenger2  losengerie  losengur1  losengur2 
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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