sample (c.1180)

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sample (c.1180)

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[FEW: *3,291a exemplum; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED:  sample n.; MED:  saumple n.; DMLBS: ]
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en sample
1as an exemplum, cautionary tale
( c.1180; MS: s.xiii2 )  es bons livres e [es] escriz e as samples  (ed. [es]samples) e as diz  46.4
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  et porterount les testes ovesqe eux de jour en jour sur bastouns en sample des autres  135
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  et lour testes my sour hautes arbres en sample des autres  150
prendre sample de
1to take as a model, emulate
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii2 )  Que de lui fust sample pris De humblesce e de poverté  400
traire en sample
1 to use as a precedent
( 1346 ) le roi voet qe desore ce qe feust issint fait en celle necessité ne soit trait en consequent n'en saumple  ii 160
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