torture1 (1163-70)

torture1 (1163-70)

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  FEW:  tortura 13/ii,115a Gdf:  torteure 7,766b GdfC:  torture 10,781c TL: torture 10,464 DEAF:  torture  DMF:  torture  TLF:  torture  OED:  torture n.  MED:  torture n.  DMLBS:  tortura 3460a
 

s.

1contortion, act of twisting
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ces sunt les mains Jhesu Crist ke ele vus devise, Sanz torture sunt turné e duré par cointise  2364
2(act of) wickedness, injustice
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Ses tortures issi faiseit Cum s'il en eoust raisun e dreit  3785
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  E Deu ne veut nule torture, Mes justice, pes e dreiture  2577
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