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oportet (1338)
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oportet (1338)

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  FEW:  oportere 7,374b Gdf:  opportet 5,608b GdfC: ∅ TL: oportet 6,1153 DEAF:  oportet  DMF:  oportet  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  oportere 2033b
ls(loanword: Latin )
le

GDF, TL and DMF all indicate an entirely different use of the Latin verbal form, i.e. substantivized and as a personification. The phrase in YBB is clearly a Latinism used in an Anglo-Norman context.

v.intrans.

non oportet
lawthere is no need: 
( 1338 )  Curia: 'Par foy, il vous covient dire.' Stouford: 'Non oportet, qe (=because) le liver serra fait al vieu des jurrours'  11-12 Ed III 597

[gdw]

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