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lute (1155)

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lute (1155)

luite  (lust  Genèse 1634r)  
  FEW:  luctari 5,438b Gdf: GdfC:  luite 10,98b TL: luite 5,717 DEAF:  luitier (luite)  DMF:  lutte  TLF:  lutte  OED: MED: DMLBS:

s.

sportswrestling (contest)
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Sur une faleise al terrain, Ad Brutus la lute assemblee [...]. Corinees se rebraça [...]. Goemagog se racesma E de lutier s'apareilla  Brut WACE 1109
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ke lez gardeins dez chivaus [...] ne augent a feire, ne a marché, ne a lute, ne a la taverne  HENLEY2 278.c42
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  Jeo alai sour la karole en le cimetere, e esgardai lute ou meimes lutai ou juai  Ancren2 73.16
fig.struggle, fight
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  cest siecle [...] u ad travail e luite e jur e nuit entrechanjable  Joshua Sermons i 7
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Par tel tur est acumplie La dure lute de ceste vie  S Modw 2894
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  L’altre amertume est en la lute et en le efforcement de resteer encontre temptacions  Ancren1 270.33

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See also:

lutable  lutee  luter1  lutur 
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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