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sudement (s.xii1)

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

sudement (s.xii1)

sodement,  soudement;  suddement  
  FEW:  subitus 12,336b Gdf:  soudement 7,994b GdfC: TL: sode 1 (sodement) 9,701 DEAF:  sode (sodement)  DMF:  soudement  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:  subitus 3240c

FEW and TL consider sodeement and sodement as deriving from different etymologies: sodeement from subitare, sodement from subitus. Also, Gdf separates soudemeent and soudeement as two different entries. The DMF notes several instances of soudement in its corpus and just one for soude, but not one of soudee or soudeement. The distinction is maintained between sudement and sudeement here, but unaccented spelling variants under sudement may well be read as accented and be interpreted as variants of sudeement.

adv.

suddenly, unexpectedly
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Seient cunfundu e seient conturbé forment tuit mi enemi, seient returné e seient cunfundut suddement  Camb Ps 7.VI.10
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Altresi morent sodement Jovencelx come vielle gent  Salemon 9831
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Pere, quant vus partistes del regne sudement  Becket1 3186
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  soudément vint une piere [...] Qui l'asommot al haterel  Dial Greg SATF 2485
( 1214; MS: 1214-16 )  As genitaires e as nages Soudement les prist a ferir  S Greg 759
( MS: s.xiiiex )  ) ja oisel nen ert si sain Se hom irus l’a en sa main, [...] E sodement ert grevez S’il a furmage manié U novelment ait ail mangé  A-N Falconry 72.703
( MS: c.1325 )  A emflure des oys e des autrez membres sudement surevenaunt  Five Med MSS 30.2C29

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See also:

sudain  sudainement  sude  sudee  sudement  sudusement 
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