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musart (1086)

musart (1086)

musard,  musarde,  mussarde; 
pl. musarz  
  FEW:  musus 6/iii,279b Gdf:  musart 5,453b GdfC:  musard 10,186b TL: musart 6,446 DEAF:  muse 1 (musart)  DMF:  musard  TLF:  musard  OED:  musard n.  MED:  musard n.  DMLBS:  musardus 1869b

a.

1foolish, stupid
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv2/4 )  Ains me fait issi musard Que pur cent mars un duz regard Tres bone marché me iert vendu  Art Love 109
slow, tardy
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Ci ne fut mie trop musart, De sei venger li semble tart  Ipom BFR 8523
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1086 )  Hascoius Musart  Family Names Mussard
( 1134-40 )  Alfricus Musard  Family Names Mussard

s.

fool, buffoon
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii )  Li roiz fu moult dolent, moult se tint pour musart De Richart qui li fu eschapez par cel art  Rom de Rou wace i 96.1439
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Mut est musart, ki cest n'entent  Ipom BFR 2254
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  Al fol a dit: 'Musart, ça ven!'  Fol Trist ANTS 384
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mut i musent de tutes parz E les sages e les musarz  Set Dorm ANTS 1154
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Atant es vus un Lumbart! Al departir se tint a musart  Gui War 5438
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  il poet [...] bataille avoir come afert a chyvaler et issi sa vie fyner et ne mie come laroun ou musarde estre mudré [sic]  Anon Chr1 24.11
mal musart
scoundrel, rogue
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mes mauvais, fol e mau musart, Mut estes ore de male part Quant enginner issi quidez Si sage gent  Set Dorm ANTS 1367
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Que dites vus, mal musard, felon mescreant? Quidez vus sustenir la guerre entretant Contre sire Edward, un tiel prince pussant?  LANGTOFT thiol2 354.1697
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 )  La virole le mambre garde Du cotel du mal mussarde (M.E. lyther grom)  Fem2 48.13

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See also:

musarder  musardie  muse1  muser1 
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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