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nupez (c.1136-65)
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nupez (c.1136-65)

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nuepee,  nupé,  nupee,  nupees,  nupiez;  nuspiez,  nuyzpeez,  nuzpez,  nuzpieez,  nuzpiez  
  FEW:  nudus 7,228b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: nu (nu piez) 6,871 DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

The phrase ‘nuz piez’ is often written together in Anglo-Norman, and seems to have acquired some level of lexicalization. All instances are brought together under this entry. Some of the adverbial uses of nupez may well be interpreted as adjectival complements to the subjects of the sentence.

a.

footwearcostumebarefoot, without shoes: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  De plusurs liens vindrent avant, Plusurs nus piez, plusurs en langes, Querre merci  Brut WACE 13911
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  En langes se sunt tut eissu, Nupez en sunt al rei venu  Brut Royal 5551
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  Dont il vint la nue pee  Reis Engl1 234.13
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  Desore penant deveng [...] Nupez sanz chauceure  S Aub 1829
( MS: s.xiv1/4 )  ils furent nupees et deschevillees  Nov Narr 30.B16c
♦eccl.footwearmonasticcostumediscalceate, barefooted: 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  il est al muster entrez, Lui e ses moines, nuz piez (var. deschaucez)  S Modw 8174
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  frere [...] ou blanc, ou bis, ou chaucez ou nupiez  Ancren2 263.22

adv.

footwearcostumebarefoot, without shoes: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Ki de mal faire solt penser, Pus vait sor vis carbons nuz pez Tresk'il fait les pensez pechiez  Salemon 4505
( c.1330; MS: 1330-40 )  Ne vont come les autres nuyz peez, Eynz vont precher tot chauceez  Pol Songs 137.195
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  en pelerynages, nuzpieez ou autrement  Sz Med1 71
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  alerent nupees et deschauncez en pereginage  Anon Chr1 45.33

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See also:

nu2  pé1 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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