trescovert (c.1185)
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trescovert (c.1185)

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[gdw]

[FEW: 2/ii,1140b cooperire; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  covrir (trescovert); DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅]
 

a.

1most secretive, guarded: 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiii1/3 )  Ja si trescovert quer n'eust Plurer n'esteust de pieté  12290
2most secretive, sly, underhand: 
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Fals semblant [...] est si perillouse, Si trescoverte et enginouse, Que [...]  3473
coverir  tres#1 
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