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malestru (c.1230)
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malestru (c.1230)

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malostru  
  FEW:  *astrucus 25,632b Gdf:  malestru 5,116a GdfC:  malotru 10,112c TL: malostru 5,997 DEAF:  malostru  DMF:  malostru  TLF:  malotru  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

1emotionwretched, unhappy: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  trop serroit malestruz et trop serroit en sa defaute  Sz Med1 158
2uncouth, barbaric: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Ce sont une gent malostrue, Ke humme e crue beste mangue  Pet Phil 561
3deformed, misshapen: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  monacle e bozeuz, U en autre manere malestrus  Lum Lais ANTS 11826

s.

emotionwretched, unhappy (person): 
( s.xiii2; MS: s.xivin )  Or ou sunt devenuz Les tiranz, les malestruz?  Set Pechez 320

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mal1 
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