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os2 (1155)
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os2 (1155)

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  FEW:  ausus 25,1085b Gdf:  os 1 5,647a GdfC: ∅ TL: os 1 6,1319 DEAF:  os 1  DMF:  os 2  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  audere 159a

The word is synonymous with osé, the p.p. of oser1 used as a. or s. It is, however, derived directly from the Latin p.p. of audere (i.e. ausus).

a.

(estre) si, tant os que, qui
(to be) so bold as to: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  N'i out puis de lune tens si os Ki le paliz osast passer  Brut WACE 5316
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  N'ot el chastel hume si os Ki cuntre lui osast eissir  marie Lais 158.100
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiim )  Coment sont il tant hardi ne si os Que lealté mettent ariere dos?  Rom rom 609
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Si Hereward feust tant os Qu'altre colp eust receu  Waldef BB 6494

s.

emotionbrave, daring, courageous person: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Ly estur furent grant; de ferir n'ont repos: Ferent i des espiés e lancent gavelos; Esgruine ly ascer e fruissent icil os, Morent i ly hardy, ly vaillant e ly os  Rom Chev ANTS 3160
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Li roy vaylant e li os, Salomon  boz Three Saints 36.167

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See also:

oseement  osement  oser1 
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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