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surdesce (s.xiii1)

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

surdesce (s.xiii1)

sordesce,  sordesse;  sourdesce,  sourdesse;  surdesse,  surdez  
  FEW:  surdus 12,453b Gdf:  sourdesse 7,526a GdfC: TL: sordece 9,882 DEAF:  sort 2 (sordece)  DMF:  sourdesse  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  surdities 3333c

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deafness, inability to hear
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 ) Uverte seit la tue oie, Ta surdesce seit desfermé  Mirur1 143vb38
pathol.deafness, (temporary) loss of hearing
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) sordesce et tinuissement des oreilles  A-N Med i 188.44
( s.xiii1; MS: c.1365 ) alemandes sunt bones pur surdesse en tiele manere: [...] primez les bien et le oille qe en ist metez en lé orailles, car cel oille destruit le mauveys humurs qe desturbe la oye  Pharmacopoeia 15.326
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 ) Totes surdesces poez ent garir  A-N Med ii 226.58
( MS: s.xv ) Pur ostre surdesse des orailles  Five Med MSS 160.E450

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See also:

surd1  surdeisson  surdet 
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