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lurd (c.1245)

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lurd (c.1245)

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[gdw]

[ FEW: 5,465b luridus; Gdf: 5,42a lourt /5,40c lourde 1, lourde 2; GdfC: 10,06c lourd; TL: 5,666 lort; DEAF: ∅; DMF: lourd / lourde; TLF: lourd; OED: lourd adj. and n.1; MED: lourd adj.; DMLBS: 1662c luridus ]

lord, lourd

a.

1stupid, dull:

( c.1245; MS: c.1255 ) Ne serjant felun ne lurd K'a priere s'i face surd 904

( s.xiii^ex; MS: 1307-15 ) Nule chose [...] ne mestrie plus la sauvage e lourde char [...] ke mout velier 232.18

( 1354; MS: c.1360 ) ou les bons morceaux, de qoi serveroient si ne feust delit (var. (C: s.xiv^ex) feust lord delit) et malveis desirs de coer? 89

faire lurde chere

1to look serious, grave:

( c.1300; MS: s.xiv^m ) (Jacob) La pere sur la fosse puis mist arere (=after letting Rachel's sheep drink from the water) E luy berchers feseient dunt lurde chere 1078

faire lurde semblant

1to look serious, grave:

( c.1300; MS: s.xiv^m ) La dame grant bataille senti nequident, Ne fu pas enseure si ce ert enfaunt; Fu en grant dute, fist lurde semblaunt 443

s.

1stupid, dull person:

( MS: s.xiiiⁱⁿ ) Ki syut kurt e trote e curt, Di, la curt a ki sucurt? Al mauveys, al egre, au lurd 13

lurdement

lurd