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suscher1 (s.xii1)

The form sucher2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

suscher1 (s.xii1)

soscher;  soucher,  souscher;  succher,  sucher  (sycher Pecchez 209ra)  
  FEW:  suspicare 12,473a Gdf:  suschier 7,609c GdfC: TL: soschier 9,943 DEAF:  soschier  DMF: TLF: OED:  souche v.  MED:  souchen v.  DMLBS:  suspicari 3340b

v.trans.

1to suspect, have a suspicion of
( MS: s.xiii2 ) Suspeciun c’est sucher mal de autres  A-N Piety 282
( 1309; MS: s.xvi2 ) quaunt la somance est au dukes venu, si soncha (l. soucha)  (ms. foucha) la dame le male en venant et dit [...]  Petit Bruit 11.38
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm ) sudeinement l'asseilla et l'occist, qar il ne soucha nule treson  TREVET Cron1 126.18
2to be suspicious of, look askance at
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) A quei suschez vus les monz assemblez?  Oxf Ps ANTS 80.67.16
suscher qe (+ subclause)
to think, suppose, believe that
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim ) Mult se feit lez, kar ben suschad Ke Dampnedeus lui enveiad  S Gile1 1519
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) [...] por ço que ne sosches mie Que volenters ne t'obbeie  Dial Greg SATF 1251
( 1325 ) nous souchames bien qe les choses avendroient ansi com sunt avenutz  St Sard 128
to suspect, form the opinion that
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 ) Mes del chief ne sout ke il en firent, E ben sucha en sun curage Ke le chief remist el boscage  S Edm Life ANTS 2665
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 ) Tost souschereit oem qe is fussent A l'ereisie consentanz Ou de poour droit recreanz  Dial Greg SATF 12622
( 1294 ) par la ou le Erseweske soucha ky la lettre fut malement purchacé, mit la instituciun en respit  YBB 21-22 Ed I 389
( 1309; MS: s.xvi2 ) il feut enpoysonez a un parlement a Gloucestre, pour ce qe le bernage soncha (l. soucha) q'il eut esté traytres et traversaunt le commun profit du realme  Petit Bruit 16.38
( 1335; MS: s.xivm ) et sucheront qe ceo fu pur mal et en desceivance de la cité  Anon Chr2 126

v.intrans.

to suspect, have a suspicion
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 ) un vespre kant il fu couché en soen lit vint sudeinement sur ly, kant il ne sucha si ben noun  Reis Engl1 62
suscher de
1to suspect, have a suspicion of
( 1271-72; MS: s.xiii4/4 ) [...] si il les trove desarmez ou deschaucez [...], e nient soschaunz de ce il deit tot ce enquere e espier  vegetius2 22
2to suspect, be suspicious of
( s.xii? ) Si le visné dit u suche d’aukun [...] le viscunte doit celui atacher ki est blamé  Bor Cust i 13

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See also:

suschement  suspecier  suspecion  suspecioné  suspecionous  suspecionousement  suspecious  suspeciousement  suspect  suspectif 
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