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suduiant (c.1136-65)

suduiant (c.1136-65)

sodoiant,  soduiant;  souduiant;  sudaunt,  sudduant,  sudduaunt,  sudduiant,  sudiant,  suduant,  suduiaunt,  susduiant,  suzduant,  suzduaunt,  suzduiant  (soudiuant (l. souduiant) suiduiant  Ancren2 199.10-11 and 28)  
  FEW:  subducere 12,331a Gdf:  souduiant 7,495b GdfC: TL: souduire (souduiant)  DEAF:  souduire (souduiant)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

treacherous, leading astray
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Debonairetéd vunt mostrant, E de tant sunt plus soduiant  Salemon 4794
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  [...] Quant trai moi le serpent suduiant  Adam2 466
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  Vassal iert mult preuz e vallant, Mais fel iert mult e susduiant  Waldef BB 5944
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ele ert trainee, iruse e suiduiante  Anc Test (B) 14384
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  tut cil ki tendent devers le regné Deu et Jerusalem celeste par pecché e par diable subduiant suvent forveient  Joshua Sermons i 8
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  contre ses sodoiantes giles resterrunt forciblement  Ancren2 243.12

s.

traitor, one who misguides, leads astray
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Par l’engin a cest suduiant, A cest parjure, a cest tirant, Furent ocis  Brut WACE 7635
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Unc ne·l pensai el quer ke dist li suzduaunt, Mut m'en vengerai bien si ja sui repairaunt  Horn 2099
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Dunc dist al fel, al sudiant (=the devil)  S Edm Life ANTS 4623

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See also:

suditur  suduction  suduianment  suduiment  suduire  suduiur 
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