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tresord (c.1275)
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tresord (c.1275)

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treord  
  FEW:  horridus *4,486a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  ort 1 (tresort)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

most foul, filthy, dirty: 
( MS: s.xiiiex )  [ne] sentira del nes fors la tresorde puor de la longaine de enfer  A-N Piety 122
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  files deshonestes, Sembles a li tresordes bestes  boz Seven Poems 106.26
♦(morally) most vile, base, despicable: 
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  delit charnel ke la alme pure Soyle e tret a la punesye Ke est treorde en lecherye  S Fran ANTS 2002
( 1343-50 )  [...] qe bien se vengereit de la tres orde felonie qe au gentile damoysele fu faite  Cron Lond1 4
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  une si vil et si tresord peccheour come jeo su  Sz Med1 33.3

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See also:

ord  tres1  tresordement 
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