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[tresluin] (1163-70)

The form tresloin is a cross reference to the following entry:

[tresluin] (1163-70)

treloinz;  tresloin,  tresloinz,  tresluinz  
  FEW:  longe *5,401b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  loing (tresloing)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

remote, very far away
( MS: c.1350 )  tut le poeple qe issi de Egipte de gendre masculin [...] sount mortz el desert par les tresloinz environementz de la voie  Joshua ANB 173

adv.

1very far, a long distance
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Les oilz del quoer m’enlumina E ses raiz si tres luinz ficha, Desqu’en la cité d’Efesun  S Edw barking 4040
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Parais est ver l’orient Tres luinz de mansiun de gent  Lum Lais ANTS 1984
2very widely, far and wide
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  cele ordure pulente put mout treloinz  Ancren2 191.2
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  puis ke il (=the news) est ore par autri si tres loinz espars e espanduz ke contredire ne nier nel puis [....]  Ancren2 193.15

[gdw]

See also:

luin  tres1 
This is an AND2 Phase 6 (T-Z) entry. © 2022-25 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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