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tropoi (1260-70)
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tropoi (1260-70)

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tropoy,  troppou,  troppoy  
  FEW:  thorp *17,395b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  poi (tropoi)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

adv.

insufficiently, not enough: 
( MS: s.xiii2 )  Ne mangez nul pain alis ne trop dur ne trop poy quit  Pop Med 70.38
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 ) plus tost devez plus cunter Ke tro poy  Man pechez ants 9610
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  En trop ou trop poi beyvre ou manger, Trop ou tropoy dormir ou veiller, Trop ou tropoi reposer ou mover, Trop ou tropoy le ventre voider  Secr abernun 1442-45

pr.indef.

too little: 
( c.1265 )  mes ke le tenaunt face defaute e le demandaunt demaunde tropoy, ou autrement ke fere ne deit en son Cape  Fet assaver 97
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Dunt dreiture est medlee e cunfuse Par unt tro poi en ad ke l' use  Lum Lais ANTS 10848
( 1293-94 )  Vus dytes tropoy  YBB 21-22 Ed I 495
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  la ou jeo trop ou tropoy requeroi  Sz Med1 192.27
tropoi de
an insufficient amount, too little, too few of: 
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 ) Al grant Diable dunc resembla Ke tro[p] poy de mal luy cunta  Man pechez ants 5934
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  issi q’il mettent froid pur chaud ou le revers ou trop pou de cure ou ne mettent une due diligence  Mir Just 137
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Qui trop poyz des cheveux ad a la test e les voet ennoyter [...]  BOZ Cont 113

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See also:

poi1  trop1 
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