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maier1 (c.1200)
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maier1 (c.1200)

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maer,  mayer  (mamer  S Modw 8622 var.)  
  FEW:  *exmagare *15/ii,92b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  esmaiier (maiier)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

Aphetic form of esmaier.

v. refl.

emotionto be dismayed: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  de cunrei nen esmaez (var. (D: s.xiii1) ne vus maez)  S Brend 365 (var.)
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  En tote la tere n'est home que ne se maie  Anc Test (E) 2041
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex )  ‘Mere, ne te maie point, qar Dieu ad en toy rescondu son secret pur le sauvement du mounde’  Mandeville 274

p.p. as a.

emotiondismayed: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Kar ben sout [...] Ke trop dolenz e mai fussent  S Rich ANTS 1382

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See also:

amaier  enmaier  esmaier 
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