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oisus (c.1136-65)
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oisus (c.1136-65)

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huisos,  oiceus,  oiseus,  oisos,  oysus,  uisos  
  FEW:  otiosus 7,443a Gdf:  oisos 5,588c GdfC:  oisos 10,229a TL: oisos 6,1053 DEAF:  oisos  DMF:  oiseux  TLF:  oiseux  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  otiosus 2068c

a.

idle, lazy: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Cil est confus e doloros Ki en estéd estait huisos  Salemon 6008
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Quant del petit chaions en maire, Si com de paroles oisouses En felonesses e quiçouses E de jolivesces legieres En cuvertises pautonieres  Dial Greg SATF 10393
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  ele (= the flesh) regibbe meintenant sicome grasse jumente et oisuse  Ancren1 113.16
estre oisus de (+inf)
to be lazy when it comes to (+inf.): 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  De preecher n'est orre huisose, Si'n est en sei plus vigorose  Salemon 6979

s.

idle, lazy (word, person, etc.): 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  nis l'oisouse (= word) est repernable  Dial Greg SATF 10265
( 1284 )  Jo ay comaundé [...] ke l'en sustreye les sacremenz as oysus  Lett AF 46

[hp]

See also:

ocious  oisouseté  oisuse  tresoisus  usdif 
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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