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oidire (1261)
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oidire (1261)

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oydire,  oyedire  
  FEW:  audire 1,173a / audire 25,844b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: öir (par öir/öi dire) 6,1037 DEAF:  oïr  DMF:  ouï-dire  TLF:  ouï-dire  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  audire 159b

s.

par oidire
hearsay, information received by word of mouth: 
( 1261 )  ceux dehors le seyvent par oye dire [...] car les foreynz entendront qe le roi est hors de tout poer  Baron Rebellion 236
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ly roy sire Edward par oydire atent Coment [...]  LANGTOFT thiol2 394.1725
( 1340 )  SCHAR. les demanda coment il savoient de le jugement [...] Et ils disoient qe par oy dire  YBB 14 Ed III 33
( 1386 )  [...] par oy dire dez veux chivalers et esquiers [...]  Chaucer Life 371

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See also:

dire  oiance  oie1  oiement  oir 
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