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plur (1121-25)
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The form pleur is a cross reference to the following entry:

plur (1121-25)

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pleur;  plor;  plour,  ploure;  plure; 
pl. pluris  
  FEW:  plorare 9,77a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  pleur 10,356a TL: plor 7,187 DEAF:  plorer (plor)  DMF:  pleur  TLF:  pleur  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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1emotiontear, teardrop: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Plurout Brandans a larges plurs  S Brend mup 1439
( 1263; MS: s.xiii2 )  La terre est desconforté e de plur enmoistie  Pol Songs 14.30
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  mes oeux serront asseez pleyns de lermes et de plours  Sz Med1 53.25
( MS: s.xiv2 )  Le quelle le roy leva, tout de plure moillié, et ly enbraceo et beisa [...]. Et aprés que el fust emetté de soun dolour [...]  Albina CCC 3
2emotionweeping, lamentation, expression of sorrow: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Ensement enz el munt Ire, plur gent cunfunt  Best ants 1480
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Dras de dolor e de plor prist, Sa maison clost e grant duel fist  Conception wace 431
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  Ne puis abstiner de plur  Brut Royal 4212
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Les grefs suspirs e les grefs plurs  S Modw 6410
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ore en risee ore en plour  boz Seven Poems 71.353

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See also:

chanteplur  plurable  plurablement  plurechante  plurement1  plurer  pluriz  plurus 
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