strange (s.xiv1/4)
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strange (s.xiv1/4)

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[gdw]

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

a.

1foreign, alien: 
( 1267; MS: c.1300 ) ki ke est en estrange (var. (D: s.xiv1/4) straunge ) pais [...]  411 (var.)
( s.xivm; MS: 1390-1410 ) [...] il soit vaillaunt de visiter les courtes roiaux de straunge roiaumes  328
2meteo.(of weather) hostile, inclement: 
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 ) In yvere quant l’aure chaunge Et le temps devient si strange  46.14
estrange  stranger  strangnes 
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