mestrait (s.xiiim)

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mestrait (s.xiiim)

[ gdw]

[ FEW: 13/ii,149b tractus /*13/ii,177a trahere; Gdf: 5,310a mestrait; GdfC: ; TL: 5,1706 mestrait; DEAF: ; DMF:  métrait; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 

s.

1trickery, deceit
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  K'e il chevetaigne n'ont, [i]çoe lur est mut lait, Ne purquant n'erent pris ui mais sanz [mut] dur plait (var. (H: s.xiiim) pris ore sanz mestrait)  3451
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  l'en doit charitousement Du bonne langue sanz mestrait Loer la gloriouse gent Qui vivont virtuousement  12711
mestraire  trait#1 
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