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tresamé (s.xiii1)
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tresamé (s.xiii1)

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tresaimé,  trezaimé  (treshamé  St Sard 232,  tressamé  St Sard 145)  
  FEW:  amare *24,386a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  amer 1 (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

emotionmost beloved, cherished: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Dunc vendrat en terre li tresamez Jhesu Crist, li fiz Deu, resusciter le cors de Adam  Evang Nic Prose2 17v
( MS: s.xivm )  Tu as yci Eusebiun, toun frere tresamee (Latin: amantissimum)  S Jer 4vb
♦politeness(in form of address) dearest: 
( 1278 )  A treshaut et tresnoble prince, son treschier et tresamé cousin  Foedera1 i 561
( 1397 )  adonques soit estat fait du dit manoir a mon trezaimé filz aizné Henry duc de Hereford  Test Ebor i 238
( 1415 )  je devise a ma tresamee compaigne Phelippe mon lit de plumes [...]  Reg Chich ii 64
( 1445 )  en la compaignie de nostre treschier et tresamé cousin  Grimston 458

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See also:

amer1  tres1 
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