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

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  FEW:  cooperire 2/ii,1140b 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  Proth ANTS 12290
2most secretive, sly, underhand: 
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Fals semblant [...] est si perillouse, Si trescoverte et enginouse, Que [...]  GOWER Mirour 3473

[gdw]

See also:

coverir  tres1 
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