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obstacle (c.1200)

obstacle (c.1200)

obstakel  
  FEW:  obstaculum 7,286b Gdf:  obstacle 5,558a GdfC: TL: ostacle 6,1351 DEAF:  ostacle  DMF:  obstacle  TLF:  obstacle  OED:  obstacle n. and adj.  MED:  obstacle n.  DMLBS:  obstaculum 1981c

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obstacle, hindrance
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Iloc refist Deus pur eus grant miracle: Le flom Jordan passent il sanz obstacle. Un home anceis n'aveit passé Iloc troverent tut a pleiser le gué  Anc Test (B) 3425
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  quant ne pot trover entree El liu ou nen ot nul obstacle  Dial Greg SATF 11173
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim )  [...] kar de tant de pensees cum ele est amenee, de tant de obstacles est ele avoglee  Mirour Egl (A) 80.10
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Met tiel obstacle en son chemin  GOWER Mirour 6245
lawobstacle, hindrance to the taking of a legal step
( 1307 )  la greignure obstacle cuntre vous si est la garantie  YBB 33-35 Ed I 507
( 1310 )  (In a writ debating the existence of a direct heir) Le nestre Aleyn vous est obstakel, quel l'estat serra trie par pays ou il nasquit et demurt etc.  YBB Ed II iv 152
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  fuist eslieu a une voice saunz obstacle ou defaute  Anon Chr1 119

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See also:

obstinacie  obstinacion  obstinat  oster1 
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obstacle