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rager (c.1200)

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rager (c.1200)

ragier  
[ FEW: 10,9a rabies; Gdf: 6,556a ragier 2; GdfC: 10,475a rager; TL: 8,178 ragier; DEAF:  rage (ragier) / rage (ragié); DMF:  rager; TLF:  rager; OED:  rage v.; MED:  ragen v.; DMLBS: ]

The verb is more common in its prefixed form, esrager, and some examples here may even be interpreted as instances of that form, e.g. s'erage instead of se rage.

v.intrans.

to go mad, become frenzied
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xiiim ) Quant vit ses compaignuns oscire, Pur poi ke n'en araga (var. (M: s.xiii2) n'en raga )d'ire  11790 (var.)

v.refl.

to go mad, become frenzied
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Li deble la cateille tant [...] Ke la cheitive pur poi se rage   69.62
( c.1200; MS: c.1220-40 )  Un jur avint qu'ele se ragat (var. (B: s.xiii3/4) ele s’enrage) d'amer, Kar qui mult aimez lunges ne pot celer  (E) 990
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  il resemblent a l'humme ki se esrage (var. (C: s.xiii4/4) rage)  3996 (var.)

p.p. as a.

1(raving) mad, demented
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  fous ragié  138
2emotionenraged, angered
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2 )  Kant Boves l’entent, pur poi n'est ragez  3435

[gdw]

See also:

esrager  rage1  ragerie  ragous 
This is an AND2 Phase 5 (R-S) entry. © 2018-21 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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