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strange (1200)
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strange (1200)

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straunge  
  FEW:  extraneus 3,332a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  estrange (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  strange a. and n.  MED:  straunge a.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1foreign, alien: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) ki ke est en estrange (var. (D: s.xiv1/4) straunge ) pais [...]  Lum Lais ANTS 411 (var.)
( s.xivm; MS: 1390-1410 ) [...] il soit vaillaunt de visiter les courtes roiaux de straunge roiaumes  Jousting Letters 328
2meteo.(of weather) hostile, inclement: 
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 ) In yvere quant l’aure chaunge Et le temps devient si strange  Fem2 46.14
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1200 )  Johannes Le Strange  MED straunge a.
( 1276 )  R. Le Strange  MED straunge a.

[gdw]

See also:

estrange  stranger  strangnes 
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