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[peresçusement] (s.xiii2/4)

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The form perceusement is a cross reference to the following entry:

[peresçusement] (s.xiii2/4)

perceusement,  perçusement,  periçousement,  perissusement,  perreceusement,  persusement  
  FEW:  pigritia 8,448a Gdf: GdfC:  pereçosement 10,317c TL: pereços (pereçosement) 7,747 DEAF:  perece (pereçosement)  DMF:  paresseusement  TLF:  paresseusement  OED: MED: DMLBS:  pigritanter 2278a

adv.

reluctantly, sluggishly
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  aprés mangier si se sent pis, et se muet perreceusement  A-N Med i 233.145
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  tantost perissent ceus ki combatent periçousement (Latin: ignave) e nient sagement  vegetius2 17.8
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  De venir enviz a mostier, ou tard ou perceusement  Ancren2 110.8
half-heartedly, ambivalently
( MS: s.xiii2 )  si vus avez honuré Deu de vostre buche e vostre quer fu loinz de Deu quant vus deistes vostre oreison, kar nus devum loer purement e vigorosement e od reverence, ne mie perçusement e en recoupant les paroles outressaillant  A-N Piety 328
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  accide, dunt meint humme suvent Sert Deu mut persusement  Lum Lais ANTS 3102

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See also:

peresce1  perescer  peresçous 
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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