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propice (s.xii4/4)

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

propice (s.xii4/4)

propis,  propitz  
  FEW:  propitius 9,453b Gdf:  propice 6,437a GdfC:  propice 10,433c TL: propice 7,1981 DEAF:  propice  DMF:  propice  TLF:  propice  OED:  propice adj.  MED:  propice adj.  DMLBS:  propitius 2516a

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kindly, well-disposed
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Mais il est merciables, e propicius (var. (P: s.xii4/4) propices) sera faiz as pecchez d'icels; e ne deperdra els  Oxf Ps1 108.LXXVII.42 (var.)
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Kar si la preez ententivement, Ele ert si propice, verraiement, [...] La duce Marie benuré  Lum Lais ANTS 6206
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  celi que propice nus est E a pardoner pechez quant il plest  S Rich ANTS 685
( 1321 )  Davyd ap Grono est et touz jours ad esté mult propis en noz besoignes  Despenser Letter 760
favourable, propitious
( 1435 )  au regard de vostre passage, il n’est ne n’a esté rettardé que par fautte de ce que les nefsz [...] n’ont aeu encore vent propice pour y arriver  Lett Rois 436

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See also:

propiciatiun  propiciatorie  propicius 
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